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Locals Continuing to Increase Their COLA Base

June 19, 2025
Increases Range From $15k to $22k Since local retirement boards have until July 1 to approve a new 2025 COLA ...Read More

2025-26 Membership Dues Increase

June 19, 2025
As an Association representing public retirees who are living on fixed incomes, we are extremely mindful of the need to ...Read More

COLA History: Milestones Thru the Decades

June 19, 2025
Mass Retirees at the Center of Reforms During the January meeting of the Special COLA Commission, Mass Retirees President Frank ...Read More

Spotlight: Mayflower Municipal Health Group

June 19, 2025
Closer Look at Joint Purchasing Arrangements Over the past year and a half, we have become increasingly concerned about rising ...Read More

GIC Report on Out-of-pocket Costs

June 19, 2025
Contains Largely Good News For Retirees At their May meeting, GIC commissioners focused primarily upon the annual report on out ...Read More

CMS Rx Price Negotiations: Update

June 19, 2025
Timeline for 2nd Cycle As we reported in the last (April) Voice, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...Read More

Retirement Boards: Elections & Appointments

June 19, 2025
Boston – The Boston Retirement Board held a special election to replace Firefighter Michael O’Reilly who had resigned as one ...Read More

Senior Medicare Patrol: Preventing Medicare Fraud

June 19, 2025
At the beginning of May the Association had an opportunity to participate in the Massachusetts Senior Medicare Patrol Program’s ...Read More

PAC Message to Donors: Thank You!

June 19, 2025,
Another Successful Spring Fundraising Drive We’re pleased to report that during this spring, members generously responded to the request ...Read More

2025 – 2026 Mass Retirees Meeting Season

June 17, 2025,
Begins With the Annual Meeting on September 12. Traditionally with our September 12th Annual Meeting in Westport, Mass Retirees kicks ...Read More