Mass Retirees Endorses Theresa McGoldrick
February 15, 2018NewsFor Reelection to State Retirement BoardState Retirees and active employees should be aware that an election is now underway for ...
WEP Reform Remains Key Congressional Issue
February 13, 2018NewsOptimism Follows Budget Deal Our office has been inundated with calls from anxious members seeking information on the fate of ...
GIC Seeks Options For RMT Enrollees
February 12, 2018NewsTeachers’ Program Dates to 1972 Mass Retirees and teacher union officials are urging the GIC to seek ways to expand ...
GIC 2018 Open Enrollment April 4 – May 2
February 9, 2018News13 Health Fairs Scheduled Across MassachusettsThe state’s Group Insurance Commission has set April 4 through May 2, 2018 as ...
GIC Sets FY19 Health Benefit Design
February 8, 2018NewsNo Increases In Copays & DeductiblesFEBRUARY 8, 2018: The state’s Group Insurance Commission has unanimously approved health insurance ...
GIC VOTES 12-2 TO UNDO HEALTH PLAN CONSOLIDATION
February 1, 2018NewsUpending a controversial move to cut three carriers from the health insurance menu available to public employees, the Group Insurance ...
GIC To Reconsider Health Plan Consolidation
January 25, 2018NewsAnnouncement Made At Packed Public Hearing Announcement Made At Packed Public Hearing JANUARY 25, 2018: Following urgent requests ...
Healey investigates whether insurance changes for state workers violated meeting law
January 25, 2018NewsBy Priyanka Dayal McCluskey GLOBE STAFF JANUARY 25, 2018 By Priyanka Dayal McCluskey GLOBE STAFF JANUARY 25, 2018 ...
Retirees Call On GIC to Reconsider Plan Consolidation & Cap Costs
January 25, 2018NewsMass Retirees has called on the state’s Group Insurance Commission to reconsider the decision to consolidate health plans, cap ...
Big insurers take a big hit in shakeup of public workers’ plans
January 24, 2018NewsBy Priyanka Dayal McCluskey GLOBE STAFF JANUARY 24, 2018 By Priyanka Dayal McCluskey GLOBE STAFF JANUARY 24 ...
BACKLASH GROWS OVER STATE HEALTH PLAN, AG CALLS IT A “HUGE DEAL”
January 23, 2018NewsBy Matt MurphySTATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE By Matt MurphySTATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICESTATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JAN. 23, 2018....The backlash against ...
Public employee unions cry foul after state cuts health insurance options
January 23, 2018NewsBy Priyanka Dayal McCluskey GLOBE STAFF JANUARY 23, 2018 By Priyanka Dayal McCluskey GLOBE STAFF JANUARY ...
Outrage Builds Over GIC Plan Consolidation
January 19, 2018NewsHarvard Pilgrim & Fallon Dropped; Tufts Now Medicare Only JANUARY 19, 2018: Thursday, the state’s Group Insurance Commission ...
State workers’s health insurance choices shrink in cost-cutting move
January 19, 2018NewsBy Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE State employees will have ...
GIC To Select Health Plans
January 16, 2018NewsVote Scheduled Thursday 1/18 Vote Scheduled Thursday 1/18 JANUARY 16, 2018: The state’s Group Insurance ...
Retirees & Unions Call For Balance on State Insurance Board
January 9, 2018NewsLegislature Eyes Changing GIC CompesitionIf legislative action this fall is any indication, 2018 may finally be the year when Mass ...
Decision Time For GIC
January 9, 2018NewsAffordability Subcommittee CreatedFollowing months of discussion and review, the State’s Group Insurance Commission (GIC) is expected to decide on ...
Mass Retirees Holds 1st Telephone Town Hall Meeting
January 9, 2018NewsNearly 3,000 Members ParticipatedIn an effort to enhance communication and outreach with Association members, Mass Retirees conducted its first ...
Future State and Teachers’ COLA Base Hurdles
January 9, 2018NewsChallenges In Achieving Higher AmountsIt’s been five and a half years – July 2012 to be exact – since state and ...
January 2018 Legislative Update
January 9, 2018NewsHealthcare Reform Bill AdvancesThe start of a New Year, ending in an even number, sets the stage for what will ...