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 ...Read More
FY21 STATE BUDGET SENT TO GOVERNOR
December 4, 2020NewsIncludes State/Teachers’ 3% COLA & Extends Retiree Work WaiverDecember 4, 2020: House and Senate leaders completed work on ...Read More
House & Senate Negotiate FY21 Budget Differences
November 23, 2020News$46 Billion Budget Contains State/Teachers’ COLANOVEMBER 23, 2020: House and Senate leaders have begun negotiations over the FY21 ...Read More
A special guest
November 20, 2020News, Weekly News UpdateNOVEMBER 20, 2020: This week, our Association President Frank Valeri joins me for our weekly video update. While it’s ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
Update on Social Security WEP Reform Legislation
October 8, 2020NewsStatement from House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. NealDear Mass Retirees:Read More
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
A Month From Election, Galvin Talks Up Early Voting Options
October 5, 2020NewsSecretary, Locals Aim for Safe In-Person Voting Matt Murphy, State House News Service STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, OCT. 5, 2020 ...Read More
VOTE NO ON QUESTION 2
October 2, 2020NewsRanked Choice Voting = Confusingly Bad Idea OCTOBER 2, 2020: As increased partisanship has led to further polarization and voter ...Read More
Congressman Neal Charts Path Forward on WEP Reform
September 16, 2020NewsSeptember 2020: More than 3,400 reform bill H.R.4540 in retirees joined a live Tele-Town Hall event ...Read More
With Washington Deadlocked on Aid, States Face Dire Fiscal Crises
September 16, 2020NewsLocal officials are slashing funding for everything from education and health care to orchestra subsidies.Alaska chopped resources for public ...Read More
Ibis Telehealth Program Takes Off
September 15, 2020NewsRetiree Enrollment UnderwaySeptember 2020: In the July edition of the Voice, we announced a new initiative to bring telehealth services ...Read More
Active Employees: Become a Mass Retirees Subscriber
September 11, 2020NewsWHY SHOULD YOU BECOME A MASS RETIREES SUBSCRIBER? Having worked with public retirees and their families for over five decades ...Read More