Articles about Retirement Benefits that may be useful to Massachusetts retirees.
State Retirement Board Commences Estimated First Payments
April 12, 2024NewsPerseverance can lead to success. And, that’s particularly true when looking at Association President Frank Valeri’s tenure as ...Read More
LOOKING BACK: Ralph White – 45 Years Leading MassRetirees
April 12, 2024News“With Ralph recently passing, we decided to remember first his life (see March Voice) and then in the next (May ...Read More
Annual PAC Drive Begins
April 2, 2024Breaking News, NewsApril marks the start of our annual Retired Public Employees Political Action Committee (PAC) drive. While participation in the PAC ...Read More
Wellpoint
March 25, 2024NewsUnicare's New Name As always, Mass Retirees will be updating members about this major development here, as well our ...Read More
Reviewing Covid’s Impact on State Retirees/survivors
March 25, 2024NewsIncrease in Deaths During Pandemic It has been a widespread fact that throughout the COVID pandemic older Americans were the ...Read More
National Retirement Leaders Convene in Washington, DC
March 25, 2024NewsIn late January, our Association participated in the Annual Communications and Legislative Conferences of the National Conference of Public Employee ...Read More
State Board to Begin Estimated First Pension Payment
January 5, 2024NewsImplementation Targeted for Early 2024 It was reported at the October State Retirement Board meeting that testing for the implementation ...Read More
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
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
Reminder: Mygiclink for GIC Retirees
August 14, 2023NewsView and Update Your GIC Benefits Using MyGICLink Exactly one year ago (September 2022 Voice), we announced that the state ...Read More