Articles about Health Insurance that may be useful to Massachusetts retirees
Raise the Death Benefit
June 15, 2018NewsMass Retirees Call on House to Increase Basic Life Insurance: Adopt Amendment #99State retirees and active employees are urged to ...Read More
Push to Increase State Retiree’s Life Insurance Benefit
April 23, 2018NewsLast Raised In 1985 – Retirees Urged to Call State RepsApril 23, 2018 – Mass Retirees has launched an all ...Read More
As Open Enrollment Begins, GIC Begins Planning for 2019
April 5, 2018NewsGovernance, Transparency and Affordability Top IssuesApril 5, 2018: Open enrollment is now underway for retirees enrolled in the state ...Read More
Retired Municipal Teachers Insurance Program Saved
March 27, 2018NewsLegislature & Governor Take Quick Action to Avoid Premium Spike March 27, 2018: At the urging of the Group Insurance ...Read More
LEGIS, BAKER ACT TO SAVE RETIRED TEACHERS ON HEALTH INSURANCE
March 27, 2018NewsUrgent legislation required to spare a group of retired public employees, mostly teachers, from a spike in health care costs ...Read More
Legislation Moving For RMT Insurance Fix
March 20, 2018NewsMass Retirees Joins GIC in Calling For Swift Action March 20, 2018: The closing minutes of winter 2018 marked a ...Read More
BILL POISED FOR FAST TRACK TO AVOID HEALTH INSURE $$$ SPIKE FOR RETIRED TEACHERS
March 20, 2018NewsBy Matt MurphySTATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICESTATE HOUSE, BOSTON, MARCH 20, 2018....House and Senate leaders said Tuesday they will try ...Read More
Retired Municipal Teacher Reform Legislation Filed
March 16, 2018NewsMass Retirees Urges Quick Action March 16, 2018: Prompted by Mass Retirees’ calls for reform of the Group Insurance Commission ...Read More
Cigna to Buy Express Scripts in $52 Billion Health Care Deal
March 9, 2018NewsThe health insurance giant Cigna said on Thursday that it had agreed to buy Express Scripts, the nation’s largest ...Read More
After health-insurance controversy, most public workers to avoid large premium increases
February 23, 2018NewsBy Priyanka Dayal McCluskey GLOBE STAFF FEBRUARY 22, 2018 Massachusetts public employees and retirees received an unusual bit of ...Read More