Articles about Retirement Benefits that may be useful to Massachusetts retirees.

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Relief From Chronic Pain

May 13, 2025
Medical Cannabis Among the Options Many untold thousands of Mass Retirees members are among the 40% of older adults who ...Read More - Relief From Chronic Pain
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PRIT Achieves Another Strong Performance

April 14, 2025
Fund Records 9.07% Investment Gain in 2024 Another strong year in 2024 investment returns has been reported from the ...Read More - PRIT Achieves Another Strong Performance
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Public Service Committee Begins Work

April 12, 2025
In late February, the House and Senate announced legislative committee assignments for the 2025-2026 legislative session. The Joint Committee ...Read More - Public Service Committee Begins Work
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UPDATE: State Board Estimated First Pension Payment

April 6, 2025
EIBP “Paying Off” During Initial Operation As one of the two elected members of the Mass State Retirement Board (MSRB ...Read More - UPDATE: State Board Estimated First Pension Payment
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Healthcare Affordability

December 16, 2024,
Challenge Looming for 2025 There is a healthcare affordability crisis looming that will likely cause great harm to a growing ...Read More - Healthcare Affordability
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Medicare Premium Changes for 2025

December 16, 2024
Standard Part B Increasing By 5.9% As we accurately projected in our last (October) Voice, the 2025 standard premium ...Read More - Medicare Premium Changes for 2025
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State & Teachers’ 2025 Pension Payments

December 16, 2024,
Calendar of Mailing & Direct Deposit Dates For our state and teacher members, we’re including a calendar of the ...Read More - State & Teachers’ 2025 Pension Payments
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Reports Indicate Healthy State & Teachers’ Systems

December 16, 2024,
As Prit Fund on Track for 2nd Consecutive Double-digit Return Through the first three quarters of 2024, the Commonwealth ...Read More - Reports Indicate Healthy State & Teachers’ Systems
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State Pension Fund Achieves Record

October 3, 2024,
Prim Ends Fy24 With $105.3 Billion in Assets Last month, the state’s PRIM investment committee reported a record ...Read More - State Pension Fund Achieves Record
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IBIS Health and Wellpoint Clinical Trial Study Underway

October 3, 2024
New Data Showing Reductions In Hospitalizations & ER Visits Nearly 18 months into its partnership with Wellpoint (formerly known as ...Read More - IBIS Health and Wellpoint Clinical Trial Study Underway