GIC Rates Hold Steady For FY15
May 5, 2014NewsMAY 2014 VOICE: Members, who are state and municipal retirees receiving their health insurance through the state’s Group Insurance ...Read More - GIC Rates Hold Steady For FY15
Insurance Moratorium Set To Expire
May 4, 2014NewsAssociation Seeks Two-Year Exentention On Retiree Premium PercentagesMAY 2014 VOICE: For the past three years, retired teachers and municipal ...Read More - Insurance Moratorium Set To Expire
Social Security WEP/GPO Update
May 3, 2014NewsAssociation Meets With FedsMAY 2014 VOICE: This winter, Association President Frank Valeri and Legislative Liaison Shawn Duhamel met with members ...Read More - Social Security WEP/GPO Update
Spotlight on Basic Life Insurance
May 2, 2014NewsReport Brings Focus to Increase For State Retirees & EmployeesMAY 2014 Voice: Information recently obtained from the both the National ...Read More - Spotlight on Basic Life Insurance
Big Year For Pension Fund
April 25, 2014NewsFinally Recovered From FY08 LossesMARCH 2014 VOICE: Year 2013 was cause for a modest celebration at the Commonwealth’s giant ...Read More - Big Year For Pension Fund
Leadership Agrees To Changes in Funding Schedule
April 25, 2014NewsAdopts Conservative Approach & Increased FundingMARCH 2014 VOICE: Governor Deval Patrick and the state’s Legislative Leadership have agreed to ...Read More - Leadership Agrees To Changes in Funding Schedule
State Retirement Board: White Re-Elected
April 25, 2014NewsMARCH 2014 VOICE: Former Association President Ralph White was elected to a new three-year term on the State Retirement ...Read More - State Retirement Board: White Re-Elected
Calls For Improving Social Security COLA
April 25, 2014NewsTriggers State/Teachers' and Local COLAsMARCH 2014 VOICE: For some time, we’ve seen where the formula for calculating Social ...Read More - Calls For Improving Social Security COLA
Pension Deal Edges Detroit a Step Closer to Recovery
April 16, 2014NewsNew York TimesApril 16, 2014Detroit’s pension boards and a retirees’ group say they have reached tentative agreements with the ...Read More - Pension Deal Edges Detroit a Step Closer to Recovery
JEFF JACOBY PUBLIC PENSION OPINION IS COMPLETELY OFF BASE
April 10, 2014NewsAPRIL 10, 2014: In the Sunday, March 23, 2014 edition of the Boston Globe, conservative opinion columnist Jeff Jacoby penned ...Read More - JEFF JACOBY PUBLIC PENSION OPINION IS COMPLETELY OFF BASE
Winchester retiree health costs revisited
April 10, 2014NewsBy Kathy McCabeGlobe Staff April 10, 2014Winchester selectmen have scaled back a plan to make retirees pay half the cost ...Read More - Winchester retiree health costs revisited
Retirees Mourn Boston Tragedy
March 27, 2014NewsMARCH 27, 2014: On behalf of our members, the Association offers the deepest condolences to the families of Boston Fire ...Read More - Retirees Mourn Boston Tragedy
Good News Flows From GIC
March 6, 2014NewsFY2015 Insurance Rates Hold Steady at 1% IncreaseMARCH 6, 2014: State and municipal retirees, receiving their health insurance through the ...Read More - Good News Flows From GIC
ALERT: BOSTON MEMBERS ON ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY
February 26, 2014NewsHelp With Your Form 1099-RWe’ve been receiving calls and emails from Boston members who receive an accidental (work ...Read More - ALERT: BOSTON MEMBERS ON ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY
President Drops Chained CPI Proposal From Federal Budget
February 21, 2014NewsFEBRUARY 21, 2014: Heeding calls from retiree advocates (including our Association) and Democratic Leaders, President Obama has dropped a provision ...Read More - President Drops Chained CPI Proposal From Federal Budget
Obama to drop entitlement cuts from 2015 budget
February 21, 2014NewsBy REID J. EPSTEIN and EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE | 2/20/14 1:34 PM EST Updated: 2/21/14 5 ...Read More - Obama to drop entitlement cuts from 2015 budget
GIC Announces 2014 Health Fair Schedule
February 19, 2014NewsFEBRUARY 19, 2014: Annual open enrollment for the state’s Group Insurance Commission (GIC) is set to run from April ...Read More - GIC Announces 2014 Health Fair Schedule
Middleborough Retirees Get Their Day In Court
February 6, 2014NewsArgue Before State’s Highest CourtFebruary 5, 2014: For more than 6 years, we’ve been reporting on the activities ...Read More - Middleborough Retirees Get Their Day In Court
Association Meets With Federal Officials
January 31, 2014NewsSocial Security & Medicare Central Issues FEBRUARY 1, 2014: This past week Association President Frank Valeri and Legislative Liaison Shawn ...Read More - Association Meets With Federal Officials
Mass. pension fund posts 15.2% gain for ’13
January 22, 2014NewsManagers add $7.9 billion to accounts, with biggest increases coming from US stocksBy Beth HealyGlobe Staff January 22 ...Read More - Mass. pension fund posts 15.2% gain for ’13