Services Announced for Ralph White

January 29, 2024,
Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend Ralph’s Life Celebration on Thursday, February 1, 2024, from 4 to ...Read More

Ralph White, Mass Retirees Founder, Dies at 92 Leaving Legacy of Service

January 26, 2024
We regret to announce the passing of Mass Retirees founder and former Association President Ralph White, who died this morning ...Read More

Six Reasons Drug Prices Are So High in the U.S.

January 17, 2024, ,
Research shows prices in the United States are nearly double those in other well-off countries. By Rebecca Robbins and ...Read More

WEP/GPO Congressional Testimony from Mass Retirees

December 7, 2023,
Social Security’s Disservice to Public Servants: How the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset Mistreat Government Workers November ...Read More

Important Information Regarding Your SMART Plan Account

November 22, 2023,
Dear SMART Plan Participant: Empower recently experienced a processing issue which inadvertently created an erroneous statement showing your SMART Plan ...Read More

Congressional Hearing Held on Impact of WEP & GPO

November 21, 2023
Forum Spotlights Law’s Unfairness to Public Retirees On Monday, a House Ways and Means Committee Field Hearing on "Social ...Read More

WEP/GPO Congressional hearing to be held in Louisiana

November 14, 2023
A Congressional hearing has been scheduled on how Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO ...Read More

Public workers may receive reduced Social Security benefits. There’s growing support in Congress to change that

November 12, 2023,
By Lorie Konish, CNBC PUBLISHED SUN, NOV 12 20238:30 AM EST KEY POINTS Workers may have jobs where they ...Read More

BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS REMOVES PRIOR AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS FOR HOME CARE SERVICES

November 7, 2023
State's leading health plan takes step to ease capacity crunch in local hospitals; change will speed discharges & eliminate ...Read More

Public Service Committee Hearing Schedule for Three Mass Retirees Bills

October 26, 2023,
The Joint Committee on Public Service will hold a hearing on Tuesday, October 31st at 10 a.m. at the ...Read More