Association Announces New Discount Program
May 23, 2016NewsZebit is Online Resource Exclusively for MembersMAY 23, 2016: Our Association has some exciting news that I would like to ...
Municipal Insurance Amendment Before Senate
May 23, 2016NewsExtends Insurance Premium Moritorium Until July 2018MAY 23, 2016: Members are asked for your help in protecting municipal retirees and ...
Passing of Geraldine “Geri” White
May 4, 2016NewsServed Mass Retirees Association for Thirty YearsIt is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of ...
GIC Health Fairs Begin Friday
April 6, 2016NewsKicks Off Annual Insurance Open EnrollmentAPRIL 6, 2016: Today begins the month-long open enrollment period for the state’s ...
Texans playing key roles in social security benefit fix
March 31, 2016NewsOver the years, millions of retired state and local workers — including teachers, police officers and firefighters — have received sharply reduced ...
Social Security WEP Hearing Called a Success
March 25, 2016NewsBrady/Neal Credit Mass Retirees For AdvocacyMARCH 25, 2016: On Tuesday of this week the House Subcommittee on Social ...
Congressional Hearing on WEP Bill March 22
March 16, 2016NewsMass Retirees Plays Central Role MARCH 16, 2016: In a major step toward resolving a complex problem we have fought ...
AARP SUPPORTS WEP REFORM
March 14, 2016NewsMajor Step Toward Congressional Action MARCH 12, 2015: In a major step toward reforming the Social Security Windfall Elimination Provision ...
GIC Sets Insurance Rates For FY17
March 4, 2016NewsOME Prices Drop -7.2% MARCH 4, 2016: Retirees who are enrolled in the state Group Insurance Commission’s (GIC ...
Progress Continues on WEP Reform
March 1, 2016NewsObama Reignites GPO Debate MARCH 1, 2016: Association officials joined our Texas counterparts on Monday for a series of meetings ...
Florida Gulf Coast Meeting Alert
February 24, 2016NewsNew Meeting Locations in Largo & Ft. Myers BeachFEBRUARY 24, 2016: The Association will be on Florida’s Gulf Coast ...
Federal Budget Deal Averts Medicare Disaster
February 20, 2016NewsMass. Officials Play Central RoleJANUARY 2016 VOICE: A major budget deal between the White House and Congress has come to ...
GIC ANNOUNCES 2016 HEALTH FAIRS
February 12, 2016News13 Locations Across The State Thru April February 12, 2016: Today the Group Insurance Commission announced the schedule ...
Mass. health care reform pioneer Dolores Mitchell retires
February 8, 2016NewsWith an eye on rising costs, the health care industry today is looking for new ways to contain spending while ...
GIC Director Retiring
December 21, 2015NewsMitchell Led Agency For Nearly 29 YearsDECEMBER 21, 2015: At the close of the state Group Insurance Commission’s December ...
GIC OME Subscribers: Do Not Opt Out of SilverScript Plan
November 22, 2015NewsOnly Impacts Certain Medicare EnrolleesNOVEMBER 21, 2015: Members who are insured under the state Group Insurance Commission’s (GIC) Option ...
Medicare Forecast: Part B Premium Going Up For Some
November 1, 2015NewsNo Social Security COLA Projected For 2016Editor's Note: In late November, a budget deal was struck between Congress and ...
Social Security WEP Reform Effort Continues
November 1, 2015NewsAs we continue our lobbying in Washington, D.C. to reform the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), reports indicate that the ...
Insurance Mitigation Funds Revisted
November 1, 2015NewsA Sampling of Local ExperienceNovember 2015 Voice: With municipal health insurance reform in 2011, there was a spike in the ...
Medicare Q & A
November 1, 2015NewsAm I Required to Enroll in Medicare?“By far, this is one of the more frequent questions that I’m ...