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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More