President’s Message: COLA Base Improvements Main Focus in 2024
December 15, 2023NewsCOLA Base Improvements Main Focus in 2024 It should come as no surprise that the cost-of-living adjustment or ...Read More - President’s Message: COLA Base Improvements Main Focus in 2024
WEP/GPO Congressional Testimony from Mass Retirees
December 7, 2023Breaking News, NewsSocial Security’s Disservice to Public Servants: How the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset Mistreat Government Workers November ...Read More - WEP/GPO Congressional Testimony from Mass Retirees
Important Information Regarding Your SMART Plan Account
November 22, 2023Breaking News, From the MediaDear SMART Plan Participant: Empower recently experienced a processing issue which inadvertently created an erroneous statement showing your SMART Plan ...Read More - Important Information Regarding Your SMART Plan Account
Congressional Hearing Held on Impact of WEP & GPO
November 21, 2023Breaking NewsForum Spotlights Law’s Unfairness to Public Retirees On Monday, a House Ways and Means Committee Field Hearing on "Social ...Read More - Congressional Hearing Held on Impact of WEP & GPO
WEP/GPO Congressional hearing to be held in Louisiana
November 14, 2023Breaking NewsA Congressional hearing has been scheduled on how Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO ...Read More - WEP/GPO Congressional hearing to be held in Louisiana
Public workers may receive reduced Social Security benefits. There’s growing support in Congress to change that
November 12, 2023Breaking News, From the MediaBy Lorie Konish, CNBC PUBLISHED SUN, NOV 12 20238:30 AM EST KEY POINTS Workers may have jobs where they ...Read More - Public workers may receive reduced Social Security benefits. There’s growing support in Congress to change that
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 - BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS REMOVES PRIOR AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS FOR HOME CARE SERVICES
Newest Mass Retirees Board Member: Jacqueline Gorrie
November 4, 2023NewsStill Serving After Career in Teaching President Frank Valeri has appointed retired Taunton teacher Jacqueline Gorrie to fill a vacancy ...Read More - Newest Mass Retirees Board Member: Jacqueline Gorrie
Association 2023 Annual Meeting
November 4, 2023NewsMembers Turn Out at New Location Mass Retirees’ kicked off its 2023-2024 meeting season with the Annual meeting that ...Read More - Association 2023 Annual Meeting
Medicare Advantage: Stay With Your Current Group Coverage
November 4, 2023NewsIt is once again that time of year when celebrities pop up in commercials telling you to call and see ...Read More - Medicare Advantage: Stay With Your Current Group Coverage
Drug Price Increases Greatly Outpacing Inflation
November 4, 2023NewsConfirmed in Study of Medicare’s Top 25 Part D Drugs Leqembi and its potential impact on Medicare Part B ...Read More - Drug Price Increases Greatly Outpacing Inflation
Retirement Boards Elections & Appointments
November 4, 2023NewsArlington – Retired Police Lieutenant, Kenneth Hughes* and retired Fire Chief Robert Jefferson were both reelected to the Arlington Retirement Board ...Read More - Retirement Boards Elections & Appointments
November: Diabetes Awareness Month
November 4, 2023NewsIbis Can Help – a Member’s Story November is National Diabetes Month, an effort to raise awareness about an illness ...Read More - November: Diabetes Awareness Month
Medicare Major Development: Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Beginning
November 4, 2023NewsFirst Drugs Selected for the Program In our September Voice, we updated our readers on the status of the federal ...Read More - Medicare Major Development: Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Beginning
House Republican Leaders File WEP Reform Proposal
November 4, 2023NewsTotal of 6 Bills Now Pending to Repeal or Reform WEP & GPO. Texas Congressman Jodey Arrington has stepped in ...Read More - House Republican Leaders File WEP Reform Proposal
State Retirement Board: Kathryn Kougias Appointed Executive Director
October 27, 2023NewsState Treasurer Deb Goldberg appointed Kathryn Kougias Executive Director of the Massachusetts State Retirement Board (MSRB), after being the Board ...Read More - State Retirement Board: Kathryn Kougias Appointed Executive Director
Health Policy Commission Raises Alarms
October 27, 2023NewsPost Pandemic Costs Trend Upward In mid-September, the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) released its annual report on health ...Read More - Health Policy Commission Raises Alarms
Medicare Major Development: 2024 Medicare Part B Premium Likely to Increase
October 27, 2023NewsNew Alzheimer’s Drug a Major Factor While approval of a new Alzheimer’s drug has understandably raised hope among ...Read More - Medicare Major Development: 2024 Medicare Part B Premium Likely to Increase
Call for WEP & GPO Hearing
October 27, 2023Weekly News UpdateI’d like to start this week’s message by thanking those members who turned out for our Area Meetings ...Read More - Call for WEP & GPO Hearing
2023 Area Meetings –
October 27, 2023NewsHere is a schedule of the Association’s area meetings until year’s end. During our 2023-2024 Meeting Season ...Read More - 2023 Area Meetings –