The urgency of tackling health care affordability
July 28, 2025From the MediaThe system is buckling under the weight of soaring costs of drugs and medical care by SARAH ISELIN, president and ...Read More
Wellpoint-IBIS Health Clinical Trial
July 25, 2025NewsWith Recruitment Phase Nearing End, Results Expected Next Year More than two years into its partnership with Wellpoint, Senscio Systems ...Read More
One big disaster for Massachusetts health care
July 17, 2025News, From the MediaApproximately 326,000 Mass. residents are expected to lose insurance coverage under Trump’s big tax and spending cuts bill ...Read More
Social Security Eligibility 101
July 7, 2025Weekly News UpdateThe following was first published as the Mass Retirees Association's weekly news update on Friday, June 13, 2025. Each ...Read More
COLA Commission: Begins Discussions on State and Teacher Benefits
July 2, 2025NewsThe Special Commission on State and Teacher COLA improvements recently held its second meeting on March 10th. During this meeting ...Read More
Medicare Program Continues Push
July 2, 2025NewsCMS Begins 2nd Cycle of Negotiations Since its creation by IRA, the federal Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L ...Read More
Healthcare Affordability Concerns Deepen
June 19, 2025News, Breaking NewsSteps Must Be Taken to Prevent Crisis Scenario For the better part of two years, Mass Retirees has sounded the ...Read More
Cola Commission: Reviews and Deliberates on Benefit Improvements
June 19, 2025News, Breaking NewsAs Mass Retirees members know, the Special COLA Commission is now reviewing steps that can be taken to improve COLA ...Read More
Social Security WEP/GPO Update
June 19, 2025NewsFairness Act Implementation Continues Since the repeal of the Social Security Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO ...Read More
2025 – 2026 Legislative & Budget Update
June 19, 2025NewsThe legislative session is in full swing with activity on the Fiscal Year 2026 budget underway between the middle of ...Read More