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
INROADS MADE ON COLA BASE
September 24, 2012NewsCounties Are Best Success StorySEPTEMBER 2012 VOICE: When the Commonwealth’s 103 local retirement systems were released from the shackles ...Read More
HUGH TURNOUT AT ANNUAL MEETINGS IN RANDOLPH AND PITTSFIELD
September 21, 2012NewsSEPTEMBER 21, 2012: Members turned out, by the hundreds, at the Annual Meetings, first in Randolph and then in Pittsfield ...Read More
PENSION DISABILITY COMMISSION CONVENES
September 5, 2012NewsDiscards Press CriticismSEPTEMBER 5, 2012: There were no fireworks as the Special Commission on Disability Pensions held its initial meeting ...Read More
DISABILITY PANEL TO CONVENE
August 10, 2012NewsAssociation Holds Seat on CommissionAUGUST 10, 2012: At long last, the Special Commission on Disability will be holding its initial ...Read More
Health bill signed amid hopes for $200b in savings
August 7, 2012NewsBill builds on law passed when GOP candidate Mitt Romney was governorBoston GlobeAugust 7, 2012By Michael LevensonSix years after Governor ...Read More
LEGISLATURE PASSES HEALTHCARE PAYMENT REFORM BILL
August 3, 2012NewsWill Impact GIC & Municipal Insurance PlansAUGUST 3, 2012: As the formal 2011-2012 Legislative Session drew to a close ...Read More
FORMAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION WINDS DOWN
July 30, 2012NewsMajor Issues To Be AddressedJULY 30, 2012: As formal activity in the 2011-2012 Legislative Session draws to a close ...Read More
HEALTHCARE COMMISSION MEETS
July 18, 2012NewsProposals Begin To Take ShapeJULY 18, 2012: The Special Commission on Retiree Healthcare met for more than two hours Wednesday ...Read More
RETIREE HEALTHCARE COMMISSION TO MEET
July 16, 2012NewsReform Proposals Taking ShapeJULY 16, 2012: The Special Commission on Retiree Healthcare will enter the next phase of its deliberations ...Read More