EO Care Study: Promising Results

July 10, 2024,
Initial studies around the impact of the use of medical cannabis on health care costs are promising, including one by ...

Health insurance news to start FY25

June 28, 2024,
Weekly News Update: June 28, 2024 In addition to this week’s update being the last for the month of ...

State Budget & WEP/GPO News

June 18, 2024, ,
This week our focus returns to the FY25 State Budget, which is now before a House /Senate conference committee, as ...

If you’ve earned a public pension, beware of how it affects your Social Security benefits in retirement

June 10, 2024,
The Social Security Administration slashed Falmouth resident Venera Cocks’s benefits and is demanding repayment of over $16,000 after ...

Steward Outlines Process To Sell, Auction Hospitals

May 16, 2024,
Bids For Mass. Hospitals Would Be Due June 24 Colin A. Young, State House News Service STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, MAY ...

Health care in Massachusetts is in need of reform

May 15, 2024, ,
It is the Legislature’s responsibility to ensure that what happened with Steward Health Care never happens again in Massachusetts ...

Social Security Subcommittee Hearing on the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset Testimony

April 30, 2024,
April 16, 2024: Official testimony submitted to the House Committee on Ways and Means  Chairman Jason Smith, Ranking Member Richard ...

WEP/GPO Hearing Rundown

April 19, 2024,
April 19, 2024: The following is Mass Retirees analysis of the April 16, 2024 Congressional hearing on the Social Security ...

Special Alert: WEP/GPO hearing scheduled

April 12, 2024,
A Congressional hearing on the Social Security WEP and GPO has been scheduled for this coming Tuesday, April 16, at ...

As Healthcare Costs Rise GIC Opts Not to Cost Shift

April 12, 2024
Health insurance premiums under the state’s Group Insurance Commission are increasing for FY25. While increased costs are most certainly ...