News – Mass Retirees

Turning 65 and Medicare Enrollment

With Medicare’s annual Open Enrollment period about to begin on October 15, this is a good opportunity to revisit ...Read More

Weekly Update, October 3, 2025: This week our focus returns to retiree healthcare, both at the state and municipal levels ...Read More

Less than seven months after being signed into law by President Joe Biden, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced ...Read More

Since the July edition of The Voice, the public hearing process has picked up pace. According Nancy McGovern, Director of ...Read More

While local retirement systems continue to focus on incrementally increasing their respective COLA base, the work of the state’s ...Read More

Over the past 5 fiscal years (FY22- FY26) Mass Retirees is pleased to report that local retirement systems have continued ...Read More

Key Factors Impacting a COLA Base Increase Earlier in this Voice (page 1) we reported on the 2024 Investment Report ...Read More

Dating back to our Association’s founding in 1968, we have maintained a close working relationship with the mayor of ...Read More

From June 1st to the 4th, the Association joined the Massachusetts Association of Contributory Retirement Systems (MACRS) at its 2025 ...Read More

Estimated Benefit Payment Plan Plays Significant Role A recently issued follow- up Audit by the Commonwealth’s pension oversight agency ...Read More