WEP Reform Update: No False Starts

WEP Reform Update: No False Starts

August 20, 2019
Work continues through the dog days of summer to craft a new proposal to reform the Social Security Windfall Elimination ...
Life Insurance & Health Insurance Focus of Beacon Hill Hearing

Life Insurance & Health Insurance Focus of Beacon Hill Hearing

July 25, 2019
Affordability, Representation and Transparency Key Issues JULY 25, 2019: Mass Retirees and union leaders packed a State House hearing today ...
Legislature Approves FY20 Budget; Includes 3% State & Teacher COLA

Legislature Approves FY20 Budget; Includes 3% State & Teacher COLA

July 23, 2019
To Be Paid in August and Retroactive To July 1JULY 23, 2019: State & Teacher retirees are set to ...
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State Lawmakers Reach Compromise On $43.1 Billion State Budget

July 21, 2019
STATEHOUSE, BOSTON, JULY 21, 2019 (STATEHOUSE NEWS SERVICE) – Three weeks after the start of the new fiscal year, Democratic leaders ...
Mass Retirees & Unions Meet With GIC

Mass Retirees & Unions Meet With GIC

July 10, 2019
Focus on Members’ Costs & Future Plan DesignJULY 10, 2019: In what might very well be a first, the ...
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Sound, Fury and Prescription Drugs

July 9, 2019
Despite talk of reform, drug prices keep climbing. Here’s how to change that. By The NYT Editorial Board Despite ...
State budget talks again spill into new fiscal year

State budget talks again spill into new fiscal year

June 28, 2019
By Michael P. Norton, Matt Murphy, Katie Lannan and Chris Lisinski / STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON – State lawmakers and Gov ...
Chairman Neal: Open Letter to Mass Retirees

Chairman Neal: Open Letter to Mass Retirees

June 20, 2019
New WEP Relief Bill Coming This SummerJUNE 20, 2019: Mass Retirees is working closely with Mass. Congressman Richard Neal, Chairman ...
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GIC Open Enrollment Ends Today, May 1st

May 1, 2019
MAY 1, 2019: The month’s long open enrollment for the state Group Insurance Commission’s (GIC) health and ...
“Opening Day” For Public Service Committee

“Opening Day” For Public Service Committee

April 9, 2019
Survivor Remarriage Bill Among First Heard APRIL 9, 2019: A City of Boston home-rule petition allowing surviving ...