Articles about Social Security that may be useful to Massachusetts retirees
WEP Reform Talks Ramp Up
September 12, 2014NewsAssociation Officials Cautiously Optimistic SEPTEMBER 12, 2014: This week Association officials traveled to Washington, D.C. for a series of ...Read More
Social Security Update
July 13, 2014NewsAssociation Attends WEP SummitJuly 2014 Voice: Earlier this year we reported that our Association had launched a new approach toward ...Read More
Social Security WEP/GPO Update
May 3, 2014NewsAssociation Meets With FedsMAY 2014 VOICE: This winter, Association President Frank Valeri and Legislative Liaison Shawn Duhamel met with members ...Read More
Calls For Improving Social Security COLA
April 25, 2014NewsTriggers State/Teachers' and Local COLAsMARCH 2014 VOICE: For some time, we’ve seen where the formula for calculating Social ...Read More
President Drops Chained CPI Proposal From Federal Budget
February 21, 2014NewsFEBRUARY 21, 2014: Heeding calls from retiree advocates (including our Association) and Democratic Leaders, President Obama has dropped a provision ...Read More
Obama to drop entitlement cuts from 2015 budget
February 21, 2014NewsBy REID J. EPSTEIN and EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE | 2/20/14 1:34 PM EST Updated: 2/21/14 5 ...Read More
Association Meets With Federal Officials
January 31, 2014NewsSocial Security & Medicare Central Issues FEBRUARY 1, 2014: This past week Association President Frank Valeri and Legislative Liaison Shawn ...Read More
FEDS ANNOUNCE 2014 CPI: 1.5%
October 30, 2013NewsNo Increase For Medicare Part B Premium OCTOBER 30, 2013: Today, the Social Security Administration announced that the Consumer Price ...Read More
EAST MEETS WEST
September 13, 2013NewsTo Renew WEP/GPO EffortsSEPTEMBER 2013 VOICE: Chances are US Senators Mark Begich and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska are not ...Read More
SOCIAL SECURITY MARKS 78TH ANNIVERSARY
August 14, 2013NewsAUGUST 14, 2013: On this day in 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, marking the ...Read More