New weight loss drugs raise questions of access, costs

October 18, 2024,
GLP-1 drugs are effective in treating obesity. By Boston Globe The Editorial Board Updated October 18, 2024 New, popular ...Read More

Mass Retirees Legislative Endorsements

October 18, 2024,
With Election Day now just 18 days away and early voting already underway, we would like to share with you ...Read More
Frank Valeri

Valeri Takes Seat on COLA Commission

October 17, 2024,
Work About to Begin on Benefit Improvements October 17, 2024: State House, Boston – On Wednesday, Association President Frank Valeri was ...Read More
WEP-GPO

WEP/GPO UPDATE

October 3, 2024
Will Supermajority Congressional Support Yield Results? Congressional support to bring an end to the Social Security Windfall Elimination (WEP) and ...Read More

Mass Retirees: Legislative Update

October 3, 2024
General Court Completes Formal Sessions with New Retiree Legislation Being Enacted 2024 is the second year of the 2023-2024 ...Read More

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

HEALTHCARE NEWS: GIC & Blue Cross

October 3, 2024
Health insurance and benefits for public retirees, both at the GIC and the local level remain a focus of the ...Read More

Blue Cross Municipal Health Insurance Summit

October 3, 2024
Blue Cross Blue Shield will be sponsoring a second Municipal Health Insurance Summit in which Mass Retirees will again be ...Read More

Medicare Announces Drug Prices: Producing Future Significant Savings

October 3, 2024
Since its creation in the federal Income Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L.117-169), Mass Retirees has been closely ...Read More

Investment Returns & Funded Ratios for 104 Retirement Systems

October 3, 2024
Key Factors Impacting a Cola Base Increase Earlier we highlighted the success that retirement boards achieved investing their pension funds ...Read More

Medicare 2025 Part B Premiums Expected to Increase

October 3, 2024
Later this fall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) will be announcing the Medicare Part B Premiums for next ...Read More

Mass Retirees Annual Cola Update: Twenty Systems Increase Base in Fy25

October 3, 2024
For FY25, Mass Retirees is pleased to report that all 102 local retirement board have approved a 3% COLA, effective ...Read More
ibis health

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

Retirement Boards Elections & Appointments

October 3, 2024
Adams – Holli Havens-Jayko was unopposed in her reelection for her second term to the Adams Retirement Board. In addition ...Read More

Cape Area Meeting End of Season

October 3, 2024
Traditionally Mass Retirees begins its in-person meeting season with the September Annual Meeting. And, it ends with our Cape ...Read More

Studies Focus on Use of Medical Cannabis

October 3, 2024
Prevalence of Use Grows, but Lack of Guidance Persists We all know that healthcare continues to become more complicated and ...Read More

WEP/GPO: What’s next?

October 2, 2024,
Given the amount of activity taking place on issues directly impacting public retirees, we’re publishing two news updates for ...Read More
WEP-GPO

WEP/GPO DISCHARGE PETITION GAINS 218 COSPONSORS

September 20, 2024,
The discharge petition to force a vote by the US House of Representatives on H.R.82, legislation to repeal ...Read More

Fall 2024 Area Meetings Across the Commonwealth

September 18, 2024
With our September 13th Annual Meeting, Mass Retirees has kicked off its 2024-2025 Season of in-person area meetings ...Read More
PERAC

2023 Investment Report Issued by Perac

September 18, 2024
Asset Gains For All MA Systems Exceed Expectations Since 2007, the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission (PERAC) the state’s ...Read More