WASHINGTON GRIDLOCK SLOWS WEP/GPO PROGRESS
October 31, 2012NewsMembers’ Frustration GrowsNOVEMBER 2012 VOICE: After more than a decade of starts and stops in the effort to repeal both ...Read More - WASHINGTON GRIDLOCK SLOWS WEP/GPO PROGRESS
BIG WEEK FOR HEALTHCARE ON BEACON HILL ENDS
October 26, 2012NewsGIC & Special Commission Meetings HeldOCTOBER 26, 2012: On Tuesday, the Special Commission on Retiree Healthcare held its 5th meeting ...Read More - BIG WEEK FOR HEALTHCARE ON BEACON HILL ENDS
DISABILITY PANEL HOLDS PUBLIC HEARINGS
October 20, 2012NewsOCTOBER 19, 2012: Disability pensions, always a cutting-edge source of press articles, mostly negative, was the subject under discussion ...Read More - DISABILITY PANEL HOLDS PUBLIC HEARINGS
GIC TO SAVE $1.29 BILLION OVER 5 YEARS
October 11, 2012NewsCost Containment RFP Seeks To Reshape Health PlansOCTOBER 11, 2012: Phase 2 of Health Care Reform is now well underway ...Read More - GIC TO SAVE $1.29 BILLION OVER 5 YEARS
How Insurers Can Help
October 1, 2012NewsNew York Times EditorialOctober 1, 2012: Private insurance companies should be leading the way in the struggle to control health ...Read More - How Insurers Can Help
INROADS MADE ON COLA BASE
September 24, 2012NewsCounties Are Best Success StorySEPTEMBER 2012 VOICE: When the Commonwealth’s 103 local retirement systems were released from the shackles ...Read More - INROADS MADE ON COLA BASE
HUGH TURNOUT AT ANNUAL MEETINGS IN RANDOLPH AND PITTSFIELD
September 21, 2012NewsSEPTEMBER 21, 2012: Members turned out, by the hundreds, at the Annual Meetings, first in Randolph and then in Pittsfield ...Read More - HUGH TURNOUT AT ANNUAL MEETINGS IN RANDOLPH AND PITTSFIELD
PENSION DISABILITY COMMISSION CONVENES
September 5, 2012NewsDiscards Press CriticismSEPTEMBER 5, 2012: There were no fireworks as the Special Commission on Disability Pensions held its initial meeting ...Read More - PENSION DISABILITY COMMISSION CONVENES
DISABILITY PANEL TO CONVENE
August 10, 2012NewsAssociation Holds Seat on CommissionAUGUST 10, 2012: At long last, the Special Commission on Disability will be holding its initial ...Read More - DISABILITY PANEL TO CONVENE
Health bill signed amid hopes for $200b in savings
August 7, 2012NewsBill builds on law passed when GOP candidate Mitt Romney was governorBoston GlobeAugust 7, 2012By Michael LevensonSix years after Governor ...Read More - Health bill signed amid hopes for $200b in savings