Health insurance

Healthcare Affordability: As Collaboration Takes Shape

September 6, 2025
Our lead article in the July edition of The Voice was an editorial spelling out our deepening concerns regarding healthcare ...Read More - Healthcare Affordability: As Collaboration Takes Shape
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Substantial Gains for Mass Retirement Systems: PERAC Issues 2024 Investment Report

September 6, 2025
Annually, the state’s public pension oversight agency, PERAC (Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission), publishes an Investment Report that summarizes ...Read More - Substantial Gains for Mass Retirement Systems: PERAC Issues 2024 Investment Report
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Wellpoint-IBIS Health Clinical Trial

July 25, 2025
With Recruitment Phase Nearing End, Results Expected Next Year More than two years into its partnership with Wellpoint, Senscio Systems ...Read More - Wellpoint-IBIS Health Clinical Trial
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COLA Commission: Begins Discussions on State and Teacher Benefits

July 2, 2025
The Special Commission on State and Teacher COLA improvements recently held its second meeting on March 10th. During this meeting ...Read More - COLA Commission: Begins Discussions on State and Teacher Benefits
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Medicare Program Continues Push

July 2, 2025
CMS Begins 2nd Cycle of Negotiations Since its creation by IRA, the federal Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L ...Read More - Medicare Program Continues Push
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Healthcare Affordability Concerns Deepen

June 19, 2025,
Steps Must Be Taken to Prevent Crisis Scenario For the better part of two years, Mass Retirees has sounded the ...Read More - Healthcare Affordability Concerns Deepen
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Cola Commission: Reviews and Deliberates on Benefit Improvements

June 19, 2025,
As Mass Retirees members know, the Special COLA Commission is now reviewing steps that can be taken to improve COLA ...Read More - Cola Commission: Reviews and Deliberates on Benefit Improvements
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Social Security WEP/GPO Update

June 19, 2025
Fairness Act Implementation Continues Since the repeal of the Social Security Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO ...Read More - Social Security WEP/GPO Update