Special commission recommends changes in health benefits for future retirees
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PATRICK TO FEATURE PANEL’S RETIREE HEALTH CARE REFORMS IN BUDGET
December 21, 2012NewsBy Matt MurphySTATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICESTATE HOUSE, BOSTON, DEC. 20, 2012….State and municipal employees would have to wait until ...Read More
HEALTHCARE COMMISSION ENDORSES MASSIVE $15-$20 BILLION REFORM
December 20, 2012NewsRetiree Protections Include Contribution Rate “Freeze”DECEMBER 20, 2012: Following nine months of lengthy meetings, detailed analysis and intense negotiations ...Read More
Pension bonds risky for state and local governments-Moody’s
December 19, 2012NewsMunicipal bonds that states and local governments use to pay for some of their public pension obligations rarely improve the ...Read More
HEALTHCARE DEBATE HEATS UP AS REPORT DATE NEARS
December 3, 2012NewsRetirees & Labor Present Unified Front DECEMBER 3, 2012: After more than eight months of meetings and analysis, the 12 ...Read More
Medicare beneficiaries reach $5 billion in drug savings
December 3, 2012NewsKelly Kennedy, USA TodayDecember 3. 2012 - Since passage of the health care overhaul two years ago, 5.8 million Medicare ...Read More
STATE RETIREMENT BOARD MOVES TO NEW HOME
November 26, 2012NewsNOVEMBER 26, 2012: It was a busy Thanksgiving weekend for the staff of the State Board of Retirement who were ...Read More
WINCHESTER RETIREE HEALTH INSURANCE UNDER ATTACK
November 20, 2012NewsNOVEMBER 19, 2012: Winchester retirees won’t be thinking kindly of the town’s board of selectmen this Thanksgiving after ...Read More
MEDICARE ANNOUNCES $5 PART B INCREASE
November 19, 2012NewsNOVEMBER 19, 2012: Medicare has announced that the standard Medicare Part B premium will increase by $5 or approximately 5 ...Read More
Medicare Premiums to Rise by $5 a Month
November 19, 2012NewsMedicare premiums will rise by $5 a month next year, the government said Friday. That is less than expected, but ...Read More
Easthampton Postpones Insurance Action
November 8, 2012NewsNOVEMBER 8, 2012: Last night, the Easthampton City Council postponed any action on Mayor Tautznik’s proposal to adopt Sections ...Read More
EASTHAMPTON EYES INSURANCE REFORMS
November 7, 2012NewsNOVEMBER 7, 2012: Easthampton – The nine-member Easthampton City Council will meet tonight, November 7, and vote on a proposal ...Read More
2011-2012 LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
November 2, 2012NewsNOVEMBER 2012 VOICE: Our Association played a leading role in the passage into law of the following legislation during the ...Read More
PENSION FUNDS
November 1, 2012NewsNOVEMBER 2012 VOICE: Buoyed by a strong market surge, the Commonwealth’s $50 billion Pension Reserves Investment Trust (PRIT) Fund ...Read More
WASHINGTON GRIDLOCK SLOWS WEP/GPO PROGRESS
October 31, 2012NewsMembers’ Frustration GrowsNOVEMBER 2012 VOICE: After more than a decade of starts and stops in the effort to repeal both ...Read More
DISABILITY COMMISSION UNDERWAY
October 31, 2012NewsNOVEMBER 2012 VOICE: At long last the twelve-member Special Commission on Accidental Disability held its initial meeting this September ...Read More
BIG WEEK FOR HEALTHCARE ON BEACON HILL ENDS
October 26, 2012NewsGIC & Special Commission Meetings HeldOCTOBER 26, 2012: On Tuesday, the Special Commission on Retiree Healthcare held its 5th meeting ...Read More
DISABILITY PANEL HOLDS PUBLIC HEARINGS
October 20, 2012NewsOCTOBER 19, 2012: Disability pensions, always a cutting-edge source of press articles, mostly negative, was the subject under discussion ...Read More
GIC TO SAVE $1.29 BILLION OVER 5 YEARS
October 11, 2012NewsCost Containment RFP Seeks To Reshape Health PlansOCTOBER 11, 2012: Phase 2 of Health Care Reform is now well underway ...Read More
How Insurers Can Help
October 1, 2012NewsNew York Times EditorialOctober 1, 2012: Private insurance companies should be leading the way in the struggle to control health ...Read More