GIC Insurance Rates Announced
March 4, 2021NewsMARCH 4, 2021: Group Insurance Commission Announces Fiscal Year 2022 Plan Rates: The Group Insurance Commission held their monthly ...
New Leadership on Beacon Hill
February 19, 2021News, Weekly News UpdateFriday, February 19, 2021: Today marks the completion of the bill filing process for the 2021-22 Legislative Session here ...
One Million More Eligible for Vaccine on Thursday
February 17, 2021NewsBaker: High-Volume Sites Will Speed Process February 17, 2021: Massachusetts will roughly double the population eligible for COVID-19 ...
Vaccine Call Center Goes Live for 75 and Older
February 5, 2021NewsGuv: Weekday Operation Will Be "Huge Help" FEB. 5, 2021: More than a week after Gov. Charlie Baker first directed ...
Latest news on vaccinations in MA
January 26, 2021NewsJanuary 26, 2021: Last Friday, Shawn Duhamel reported on a request we made last week to the state of Massachusetts ...
Baker says adults 75 and over are eligible to get vaccinated for COVID-19 starting Feb. 1; people 65 and over will be moved up
January 25, 2021From the Media, NewsMove comes amid outcry over slow pace of vaccine rollout Governor Charlie Baker and his team said Monday that people ...
FY21 STATE BUDGET SIGNED INTO LAW
December 14, 2020NewsDecember 14, 2020: Governor Baker has signed the FY21 State Budget into law. This ends the 6-month delay of ...
FY21 STATE BUDGET SENT TO GOVERNOR
December 4, 2020NewsIncludes State/Teachers’ 3% COLA & Extends Retiree Work Waiver December 4, 2020: House and Senate leaders completed work on ...
House & Senate Negotiate FY21 Budget Differences
November 23, 2020News$46 Billion Budget Contains State/Teachers’ COLA NOVEMBER 23, 2020: House and Senate leaders have begun negotiations over the FY21 ...
A special guest
November 20, 2020Weekly News Update, NewsNOVEMBER 20, 2020: This week, our Association President Frank Valeri joins me for our weekly video update. While it’s ...
2021 Medicare Part B Premiums Remain Steady
November 6, 2020NewsNovember 6, 2020: Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the 2021 monthly Medicare Parts A and ...
Budget contains good news for retirees
November 6, 2020NewsWeekly Mass Retirees News update By Shawn Duhamel, CEO Mass Retirees Association Before I jump into this week’s news ...
Budget contains good news for retirees
November 6, 2020NewsWeekly Mass Retirees News update Before I jump into this week’s news, let me first remind you that our ...
Experts Expect Stronger Focus on Medicare Price Negotiation Over Drug Importation if Biden Wins
November 3, 2020NewsPolicy experts are anticipating that a Biden presidency will likely result in the prioritization of allowing Medicare to negotiate cheaper ...
3rd Interim Budget Funds State Through November
October 27, 2020NewsCOLA & Retiree Work Extension In-WorksOctober 27, 2020: Working in coordination, Governor Charlie Baker and the state legislature ...
SOCIAL SECURITY ANNOUNCES 1.3% COLA INCREASE FOR 2021
October 15, 2020NewsCongress Caps 2021 Medicare Part B PremiumOctober 15, 2020: As just announced by the Social Security Administration (SSA) this ...
Passing Social Security WEP Reform in 2020
October 9, 2020NewsThe harm brought to nearly 2 million public retirees by the Social Security Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) is a serious ...
Update on Social Security WEP Reform Legislation
October 8, 2020NewsStatement from House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. NealDear Mass Retirees: Statement from House Ways and Means Chairman Richard ...
WEP REFORM URGENCY BUILDS
October 8, 2020NewsNational Advocacy Campaign ResumesNovember 2020 Voice: Following six months in which the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing economic crisis have ...
Mass. Economic Roundtable Provides Fiscal Update
October 7, 2020News3% State / Teacher COLA Remains Delayed With FY21 BudgetOctober 7, 2020: State officials held a special Economic Roundtable meeting ...