Skilled Nursing Home Care Expanded
November 1, 2015NewsWhat Does Medicare Cover For Nursing and Therapy Services at Home?“On this, I’ve heard from members complaining because ...
Budget deal blunts, but doesn’t erase, increase in Medicare premiums
October 28, 2015NewsThe tentative budget agreement forged by congressional leaders and the Obama administration will ward off a historic spike in Medicare ...
Federal Budget Deal Contains Medicare Fix
October 27, 2015NewsWarren, Neal, Clark, McGovern and Tsongas Help Protect Retirees OCTOBER 27, 2015: The federal government is about to come to ...
No Social Security COLA for 2016
October 9, 2015NewsMedicare Rates May Increase for Some Retirees OCTOBER 9, 2015: A flat Consumer Price Index (CPI) means there will be ...
Join Us! Springfield Area Meeting This Week
October 5, 2015NewsOn Wednesday, October 7th, our Association will hold its first ever Springfield-Area meeting. The meeting begins at 11:00 ...
STATE BOARD BEGINS TO PAY ERIP RETIREES
August 27, 2015NewsWork Continues On Remaining ApplicationsOn August 31, approximately 600 former state employees, who retired under the Employee Retirement Incentive Program ...
Bill would have state set raises for retirees
August 19, 2015NewsBy Cliff ClarkSentinel & Enterprise By Cliff ClarkSentinel & EnterpriseLEOMINSTER -- If a bill introduced by two local state legislators is ...
Basic Life Insurance Bill Advances
August 11, 2015NewsPublic Service Committee Grants Favorable Report AUGUST 11, 2015: Legislation that would increase the basic life insurance benefit for state ...
Bill Numbers Assigned to Association’s Legislative Package
July 28, 2015NewsAs the Public Service Committee begins its work, all of the bills, in the Association’s 2015-2016 Legislative Package ...
New Prescription Plan Coming for GIC’s OME Enrollees
July 27, 2015NewsOnly Medicare Retirees Subcribed to State Unicare Plan ImpactedJuly 2015 Voice: As of January 1, 2016 retirees enrolled in the ...
3% COLA For State & Teacher Retirees
July 21, 2015NewsTreasurer Goldberg to Include Payment in July Pensions JULY 21, 2014: Following Governor Charlie Baker’s approval of the 3 ...
Mass Congressional Delegation Backs WEP Reform
July 1, 2015NewsHR711 Now Pending Before House Subcommittee on Social SecurityJuly 2015 Voice: A milestone in our efforts to reform the Social ...
3rd time not a charm, as Leominster board again denies pension raise for retirees
July 1, 2015NewsBy Cliff Clark, cclark@sentinelandenterprise.comLEOMINSTER -- The third attempt to secure an annual pension increase for city retirees failed like ...
Time to Refocus on COLA Base
June 30, 2015News$12,000 COLA Base Created in 1997 Amongst Heavy OppositionJuly 2015 Voice: For nearly fifty years our Association has led ...
Dedham Approves $15,000 COLA Base
June 29, 2015NewsJuly 2015 Voice: For the second time around, Dedham has increased its COLA Base. First, they went from $12,000 ...
Retirement Board to again take up COLA
June 29, 2015NewsLEOMINSTER -- Just seven days after the Retirement Board voted down the first cost-of-living increase for city retirees in ...
2015 Legislative Process Underway
June 28, 2015NewsHearings Held on Retiree ProposalsJuly 2015 Voice: After a slow start to the beginning of the 2015-16 Legislative Session ...
Tempers rise — but not pensions for Leominster
June 24, 2015NewsLEOMINSTER -- Tension between the chairman of the Retirement Board, other board members and city retirees erupted into open hostility at ...
Fossil-fuel divestiture hearing: Retirees’ interests vs. environmental concerns
June 11, 2015NewsJohn HilliardState House News ServiceJune 9, 2015During a packed hearing late Tuesday morning, supporters of bills that would divest public ...
WEP Reform: Our Work Continues
June 11, 2015NewsMAY 2015 VOICE: Efforts to advance federal legislation reforming the Social Security Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) continue in earnest. Led ...