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Healthcare Focus of Fall Forums

January 5, 2024
Association Officials Participated As you know, public retiree health insurance and healthcare policy are major focuses of Mass Retirees. Awareness ...Read More - Healthcare Focus of Fall Forums
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Mass Retirees In Person Meetings

January 5, 2024
Engaging Members Across the Commonwealth Since the Mass Retirees Annual Meeting in September (see November Voice), our 2023 – 2024 area ...Read More - Mass Retirees In Person Meetings
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Mass Retirees Participates in Blue Cross Educational Forum

January 5, 2024
Focus on PECs & Local Insurance Issues Legislative changes in 2011 altered how municipalities bargained for health insurance with active ...Read More - Mass Retirees Participates in Blue Cross Educational Forum
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IBIS Preliminary Study of MIIA Members

January 5, 2024
Suggests Participation Results in Significant Cost Savings Just a little over two years after MIIA and Mass Retirees first partnered ...Read More - IBIS Preliminary Study of MIIA Members
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Retirement Boards Elections & Appointments

January 5, 2024
Barnstable County – Hyannis Fire District retiree, Harry Brunelle was re-elected to the Barnstable County Retirement Board without opposition to ...Read More - Retirement Boards Elections & Appointments
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President’s Message: COLA Base Improvements Main Focus in 2024

December 15, 2023
COLA Base Improvements Main Focus in 2024 It should come as no surprise that the cost-of-living adjustment or ...Read More - President’s Message: COLA Base Improvements Main Focus in 2024
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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 - WEP/GPO Congressional Testimony from Mass Retirees
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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 - Important Information Regarding Your SMART Plan Account
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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 - Congressional Hearing Held on Impact of WEP & GPO
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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 - WEP/GPO Congressional hearing to be held in Louisiana