Articles about the State GIC that may be useful to Massachusetts retirees

GIC Makes it Official: No OPC Increases For FY21

GIC Makes it Official: No OPC Increases For FY21

February 6, 2020
Premium Rate Vote Coming February 27thFEBRUARY 6, 2020: It’s official. There will be no increases in copayments or ...Read More
GIC Launches Planning Process for FY21

GIC Launches Planning Process for FY21

December 19, 2019
Listening Tours Will Proceed Decision Making DECEMBER 19, 2019: Today, the state’s Group Insurance Commission (GIC) formally kicked ...Read More
Herman Departs GIC

Herman Departs GIC

December 11, 2019
Forged Working Relationship With Mass RetireesDECEMBER 11, 2019: Just three and a half years into her tenure as executive ...Read More
Legislature Weighs Health Insurance Reform

Legislature Weighs Health Insurance Reform

September 17, 2019
Rising Costs & Affordability Main ConcernsSEPTEMBER 2019: Earlier this year, Mass Retirees filed six separate legislative proposals relative to health ...Read More
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Bad Medicine For Medicare Retirees

September 14, 2019
Mass Retirees Opposes Voucher-Like SchemeSEPTEMBER 2019: For more than a decade, public retirees have found their health insurance benefits ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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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 ...Read More
GIC Annual Enrollment Now Underway

GIC Annual Enrollment Now Underway

April 3, 2019
Benefit Fairs Begin April 10thAPRIL 3, 2019: The state Group Insurance Commission’s annual open enrollment period began today ...Read More