WEP Reform Update: No False Starts
August 20, 2019NewsWork continues through the dog days of summer to craft a new proposal to reform the Social Security Windfall Elimination ...
Life Insurance & Health Insurance Focus of Beacon Hill Hearing
July 25, 2019NewsAffordability, Representation and Transparency Key Issues JULY 25, 2019: Mass Retirees and union leaders packed a State House hearing today ...
Legislature Approves FY20 Budget; Includes 3% State & Teacher COLA
July 23, 2019NewsTo Be Paid in August and Retroactive To July 1JULY 23, 2019: State & Teacher retirees are set to ...
State Lawmakers Reach Compromise On $43.1 Billion State Budget
July 21, 2019NewsSTATEHOUSE, BOSTON, JULY 21, 2019 (STATEHOUSE NEWS SERVICE) – Three weeks after the start of the new fiscal year, Democratic leaders ...
Mass Retirees & Unions Meet With GIC
July 10, 2019NewsFocus on Members’ Costs & Future Plan DesignJULY 10, 2019: In what might very well be a first, the ...
Sound, Fury and Prescription Drugs
July 9, 2019NewsDespite talk of reform, drug prices keep climbing. Here’s how to change that. By The NYT Editorial Board Despite ...
State budget talks again spill into new fiscal year
June 28, 2019NewsBy Michael P. Norton, Matt Murphy, Katie Lannan and Chris Lisinski / STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON – State lawmakers and Gov ...
Chairman Neal: Open Letter to Mass Retirees
June 20, 2019NewsNew WEP Relief Bill Coming This SummerJUNE 20, 2019: Mass Retirees is working closely with Mass. Congressman Richard Neal, Chairman ...
GIC Open Enrollment Ends Today, May 1st
May 1, 2019NewsMAY 1, 2019: The month’s long open enrollment for the state Group Insurance Commission’s (GIC) health and ...
“Opening Day” For Public Service Committee
April 9, 2019NewsSurvivor Remarriage Bill Among First Heard APRIL 9, 2019: A City of Boston home-rule petition allowing surviving ...
GIC Annual Enrollment Now Underway
April 3, 2019NewsBenefit Fairs Begin April 10thAPRIL 3, 2019: The state Group Insurance Commission’s annual open enrollment period began today ...
NOT WAITING FOR OTHERS TO ACT
March 27, 2019NewsMass & Texas Lead National Fight To Reform WEP/GPOMARCH 27, 2019: Working in conjunction with the Texas Retired Teachers ...
GIC Announces FY20 Rates
March 1, 2019News1.9% Increase for Popular OME PlanMARCH 1, 2019: On Thursday the state’s Group Insurance Commission (GIC) delivered ...
House & Senate Committee Chairs Named
February 14, 2019NewsStrong Support for Public Retirees Across Beacon Hill LeadershipFEBRUARY 14, 2019: Valentine’s Day marks the beginning of a ...
DRIVE CONTINUES TO REFORM SOCIAL SECURITY WEP
February 8, 2019NewsFinding Solution Priority of Key LeadersFEBRUARY 2019: Mass Retirees officials continue to work with key Congressional leaders to ...
GIC Approves 2020 Plan Design
February 7, 2019NewsNo Medicare Benefit ChangesFEBRUARY 7, 2019: The 17-member Group Insurance Commission (GIC) met this morning to set insurance ...
State GIC to Hold Listening Tour
January 4, 2019NewsFocus on Pending FY20 Health Insurance Changes JANUARY 4, 2019: With potential changes to the state’s health ...
New Legislative Session Kicks Off
January 3, 2019NewsBill Filing Deadline January 18thJANUARY 3, 2019: The Massachusetts 2019-2020 Legislative Session officially began Tuesday, with the inauguration ...
FALL RIVER MAYOR IN SPOTLIGHT
December 27, 2018NewsIn our Association’s last May edition of The Voice we highlighted the Fall River Retirement Board and ...
Reducing Poverty for Our Oldest Retirees
December 14, 2018NewsWith more Americans today living into their 80s and beyond, the elderly are becoming more vulnerable to slipping into poverty ...