Mass Retirees Legislative Update

August 12, 2023
Several Association Bills Heard by Public Service Both June and July proved to be busy months on the legislative front ...

COLA Improvements Continue

August 10, 2023
Focus on State/Teacher COLA Base Increase When it comes to the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), there has ...

Pension Funds Rebound in First Half of 2023

August 10, 2023
PRIT Gains 6.69% Through June After being stung by a pandemic induced decline in the financial markets in 2022 ...

Pension investment gains rebound

July 27, 2023,
After being stung by a pandemic induced decline in the financial markets in 2022, our public pension investment returns have ...

Legislative hearing alert & COLA news

July 20, 2023,
On the cusp of what is traditionally the August legislative recess, the Joint Committee on Public Service has scheduled a ...

Growing the COLA Base

July 13, 2023,
Continually improving pension COLA policy has been a key focus of Mass Retirees since our founding in 1968. The recent ...

FDA Fully Approves Alzheimer’s Drug

July 7, 2023,
Potential Impact on Medicare Part B Premium July 7, 2023: Today, the federal Food and Drug Administration. (FDA) granted full ...

To which retirement system do I belong?

July 7, 2023,
July 7, 2023: Weekly Update By Mass Retirees CEO Shawn Duhamel As we have been reporting the recent news regarding ...

Breaking News Update: COLA

June 29, 2023,
June 30, 2023: We had planned to take a brief hiatus from our weekly updates, but there is some very ...
WEP Reform Update: No False Starts

WEP Reform Update: No False Starts

August 20, 2019
Work continues through the dog days of summer to craft a new proposal to reform the Social Security Windfall Elimination ...