Mass Retirees Participates in Blue Cross Educational Forum
January 5, 2024NewsFocus 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
IBIS Preliminary Study of MIIA Members
January 5, 2024NewsSuggests 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
Retirement Boards Elections & Appointments
January 5, 2024NewsBarnstable 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
President’s Message: COLA Base Improvements Main Focus in 2024
December 15, 2023NewsCOLA 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
WEP/GPO Congressional Testimony from Mass Retirees
December 7, 2023News, Breaking NewsSocial 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
Important Information Regarding Your SMART Plan Account
November 22, 2023From the Media, Breaking NewsDear 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
Congressional Hearing Held on Impact of WEP & GPO
November 21, 2023Breaking NewsForum 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
WEP/GPO Congressional hearing to be held in Louisiana
November 14, 2023Breaking NewsA 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
Public workers may receive reduced Social Security benefits. There’s growing support in Congress to change that
November 12, 2023From the Media, Breaking NewsBy Lorie Konish, CNBC PUBLISHED SUN, NOV 12 20238:30 AM EST KEY POINTS Workers may have jobs where they ...Read More - Public workers may receive reduced Social Security benefits. There’s growing support in Congress to change that
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS REMOVES PRIOR AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS FOR HOME CARE SERVICES
November 7, 2023Breaking NewsState's leading health plan takes step to ease capacity crunch in local hospitals; change will speed discharges & eliminate ...Read More - BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS REMOVES PRIOR AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS FOR HOME CARE SERVICES