What to Know About One Care: A High-Level Overview of its Upcoming Transition

by James Fuccione | Sep 11, 2024 | News and Updates

There are 312,000 older adults and people living with disabilities in the Commonwealth who are enrolled in both MassHealth (Massachusetts’ name for two programs combined: Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program) and Medicare. Up to 40 percent of people...

Annual Report on the Performance of the Massachusetts Health Care System Reveals Issues with Cost, Affordability

by James Fuccione | Mar 13, 2024 | Data and Reports

The state’s Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) released the Annual Report on the Performance of the Massachusetts Health Care System. Most notably, this includes a final calculation of Total Health Care Expenditures (THCE) – a measure of...

NCOA Launches COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccine Uptake Initiative with $50 Million from ACL

by James Fuccione | Dec 21, 2022 | News and Updates

Backed by $50 million from the Administration for Community Living (ACL) the National Council on Aging (NCOA) is launching a grant program that will provide both funding and technical assistance to hundreds of diverse community-based organizations, enabling them to...

National Poll on Healthy Aging: Saving for Future Health Care Expenses

by James Fuccione | Sep 22, 2021 | Data and Reports

Most older adults are not using tax-advantaged savings accounts to save for future health expenses, a new poll of people age 50 to 80 suggests, and those who do are more likely to have high incomes and education levels, and to be in good health and under Medicare...