Blue Cross Municipal Health Insurance Summit
October 3, 2024NewsBlue Cross Blue Shield will be sponsoring a second Municipal Health Insurance Summit in which Mass Retirees will again be ...Read More - Blue Cross Municipal Health Insurance Summit
Medicare Announces Drug Prices: Producing Future Significant Savings
October 3, 2024NewsSince its creation in the federal Income Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L.117-169), Mass Retirees has been closely ...Read More - Medicare Announces Drug Prices: Producing Future Significant Savings
Investment Returns & Funded Ratios for 104 Retirement Systems
October 3, 2024NewsKey Factors Impacting a Cola Base Increase Earlier we highlighted the success that retirement boards achieved investing their pension funds ...Read More - Investment Returns & Funded Ratios for 104 Retirement Systems
Medicare 2025 Part B Premiums Expected to Increase
October 3, 2024NewsLater this fall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) will be announcing the Medicare Part B Premiums for next ...Read More - Medicare 2025 Part B Premiums Expected to Increase
Mass Retirees Annual Cola Update: Twenty Systems Increase Base in Fy25
October 3, 2024NewsFor FY25, Mass Retirees is pleased to report that all 102 local retirement board have approved a 3% COLA, effective ...Read More - Mass Retirees Annual Cola Update: Twenty Systems Increase Base in Fy25
IBIS Health and Wellpoint Clinical Trial Study Underway
October 3, 2024NewsNew Data Showing Reductions In Hospitalizations & ER Visits Nearly 18 months into its partnership with Wellpoint (formerly known as ...Read More - IBIS Health and Wellpoint Clinical Trial Study Underway
Retirement Boards Elections & Appointments
October 3, 2024NewsAdams – Holli Havens-Jayko was unopposed in her reelection for her second term to the Adams Retirement Board. In addition ...Read More - Retirement Boards Elections & Appointments
Cape Area Meeting End of Season
October 3, 2024NewsTraditionally Mass Retirees begins its in-person meeting season with the September Annual Meeting. And, it ends with our Cape ...Read More - Cape Area Meeting End of Season
Studies Focus on Use of Medical Cannabis
October 3, 2024NewsPrevalence of Use Grows, but Lack of Guidance Persists We all know that healthcare continues to become more complicated and ...Read More - Studies Focus on Use of Medical Cannabis
WEP/GPO: What’s next?
October 2, 2024News, Breaking NewsGiven the amount of activity taking place on issues directly impacting public retirees, we’re publishing two news updates for ...Read More - WEP/GPO: What’s next?