State Budget Concerns Threaten GIC Benefits
February 17, 2026NewsMany Cost Control “Options” Simply Cost Shifting In response to growing concerns over a potential “fiscal cliff” that would seriously ...Read More - State Budget Concerns Threaten GIC Benefits
GLP-1 Medications: Access, Affordability, and What Comes Next
February 17, 2026NewsGLP-1 medications for weight loss have become some of the most widely discussed drugs of the past decade. Evidence ...Read More - GLP-1 Medications: Access, Affordability, and What Comes Next
Valeri Wins Reelection
February 17, 2026NewsTo State Retirement Board According to the tally in the State Retirement Board election, Association President Frank Valeri has received ...Read More - Valeri Wins Reelection
Federal Tax on Social Security Benefits
February 17, 2026NewsRemains In Effect With Newly Created Deduction While reporting on the repeal of Social Security’s WEP & GPO laws ...Read More - Federal Tax on Social Security Benefits
2026 Medicare Premium Changes
February 17, 2026NewsStandard Part B Increasing By 9.7% Symptomatic of today’s ever increasing healthcare costs, most Medicare beneficiaries will experience ...Read More - 2026 Medicare Premium Changes
Medicare Program Continues Push for Lower Rx Prescription Drug Prices
February 17, 2026NewsSince its creation three years ago by the IRA, the federal Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-169 ...Read More - Medicare Program Continues Push for Lower Rx Prescription Drug Prices
Mass Retirees Keeping Engaged & Informed on Critical Healthcare Issues
February 17, 2026NewsAs long-time Mass Retirees members know, retiree health insurance and healthcare policy are a major focus of the Association ...Read More - Mass Retirees Keeping Engaged & Informed on Critical Healthcare Issues
Association Actively Participates in BCBS Summit
February 17, 2026NewsThe Municipal Health Insurance Summit, hosted and sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, is a collaboration between ...Read More - Association Actively Participates in BCBS Summit
GIC 2025 Plan Enrollment
February 17, 2026NewsTop Plans: HP Explorer & Wellpoint Medicare Extension Upon completing its open plan enrollment, Group Insurance Commission annually releases data ...Read More - GIC 2025 Plan Enrollment
Banner Year for Retired Public Employees PAC
February 17, 2026NewsTHANK YOU TO THOSE WHO DONATED Since our founding in 1968, the Association has prided itself in being politically active ...Read More - Banner Year for Retired Public Employees PAC