Annual PAC Drive Begins

April 2, 2024,
April marks the start of our annual Retired Public Employees Political Action Committee (PAC) drive. While participation in the PAC ...Read More

WEP/GPO Congressional Testimony From Mass Retirees

March 25, 2024,
Social Security’s Disservice to Public Servants: How the Windfall Elimination Provision & Government Pension Offset Mistreat Government Workers Thank ...Read More

No Deductible & Copay Increases

March 25, 2024
Good news came by way of the state’s Group Insurance Commission (GIC), which announced at the January commission meeting ...Read More

Wellpoint

March 25, 2024
Unicare's New Name As always, Mass Retirees will be updating members about this major development here, as well our ...Read More

Remembering Ralph White

March 25, 2024
Mass Retirees cofounder and former Association President Ralph William White, 92, peacefully passed on the morning of January 26, 2024 ...Read More

Mass Retirees Legislative Update

March 25, 2024
New Year Begins With Governor’s Proposed Fy25 Budget 2024 began with news that Governor Maura Healey would implement 9C ...Read More

Social Security Update

March 25, 2024
Latest on WEP/GPO While attending the Annual C o m m u n i c a t i o ...Read More

Medicare Buy-in: Local Update

March 25, 2024
Calling on State to Implement Program More local retirees will be participating in the Medicare Buy-In program next year ...Read More
ibis health

Ibis Health and Wellpoint (Formerly Unicare) Launch Trial Study

March 25, 2024
To Prove Benefits of the Program for Retirees Since first announcing a partnership last spring, Ibis Health has enrolled nearly ...Read More

Local Insurance Developments

March 25, 2024
MNHG Insurance Pool Discontinuing Benefits For decades, we’ve highlighted the important role that joint purchasing groups (JPGs) have played ...Read More

Retirement Boards: Elections & Appointments

March 25, 2024
Berkshire County – Town of Lanesborough retired Police Chief Timothy Sorrell was elected by the members of the Berkshire County Retirement ...Read More

Reviewing Covid’s Impact on State Retirees/survivors

March 25, 2024
Increase in Deaths During Pandemic It has been a widespread fact that throughout the COVID pandemic older Americans were the ...Read More

National Retirement Leaders Convene in Washington, DC

March 25, 2024
In late January, our Association participated in the Annual Communications and Legislative Conferences of the National Conference of Public Employee ...Read More

‘Deeply concerning and troubling’: 2 in 5 Mass. residents put off health care due to high costs, survey finds

March 21, 2024, ,
A survey from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts found that the number of people concerned about health costs has ...Read More

Cola Study Commission

February 29, 2024
Proposed By Governor Healey Governor Maura Healey has officially proposed the creation of a “Special Commission for State and Teacher ...Read More

UniCare is Becoming Wellpoint

February 2, 2024
Mass Retirees Weekly Update By Mass Retirees CEO Shawn Duhamel For this week’s news video, I’m joined by ...Read More

Services Announced for Ralph White

January 29, 2024,
Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend Ralph’s Life Celebration on Thursday, February 1, 2024, from 4 to ...Read More

Ralph White, Mass Retirees Founder, Dies at 92 Leaving Legacy of Service

January 26, 2024
We regret to announce the passing of Mass Retirees founder and former Association President Ralph White, who died this morning ...Read More

Six Reasons Drug Prices Are So High in the U.S.

January 17, 2024, ,
Research shows prices in the United States are nearly double those in other well-off countries. By Rebecca Robbins and ...Read More

Congressional Hearing on WEP/GPO’s Impact

January 5, 2024
Baton Rouge Event Highlights Harm to Public Retirees Monday of Thanksgiving week, a House Ways and Means Committee Field Hearing ...Read More