Mass Retirees Legislative Endorsements

October 18, 2024,
With Election Day now just 18 days away and early voting already underway, we would like to share with you ...Read More
Frank Valeri

Valeri Takes Seat on COLA Commission

October 17, 2024,
Work About to Begin on Benefit Improvements October 17, 2024: State House, Boston – On Wednesday, Association President Frank Valeri was ...Read More
WEP-GPO

WEP/GPO UPDATE

October 3, 2024
Will Supermajority Congressional Support Yield Results? Congressional support to bring an end to the Social Security Windfall Elimination (WEP) and ...Read More

Mass Retirees: Legislative Update

October 3, 2024
General Court Completes Formal Sessions with New Retiree Legislation Being Enacted 2024 is the second year of the 2023-2024 ...Read More

State Pension Fund Achieves Record

October 3, 2024,
Prim Ends Fy24 With $105.3 Billion in Assets Last month, the state’s PRIM investment committee reported a record ...Read More

HEALTHCARE NEWS: GIC & Blue Cross

October 3, 2024
Health insurance and benefits for public retirees, both at the GIC and the local level remain a focus of the ...Read More

Blue Cross Municipal Health Insurance Summit

October 3, 2024
Blue Cross Blue Shield will be sponsoring a second Municipal Health Insurance Summit in which Mass Retirees will again be ...Read More

Medicare Announces Drug Prices: Producing Future Significant Savings

October 3, 2024
Since its creation in the federal Income Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L.117-169), Mass Retirees has been closely ...Read More

Investment Returns & Funded Ratios for 104 Retirement Systems

October 3, 2024
Key Factors Impacting a Cola Base Increase Earlier we highlighted the success that retirement boards achieved investing their pension funds ...Read More

Medicare 2025 Part B Premiums Expected to Increase

October 3, 2024
Later this fall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) will be announcing the Medicare Part B Premiums for next ...Read More