HEALTHCARE NEWS: GIC & Blue Cross
October 3, 2024NewsHealth insurance and benefits for public retirees, both at the GIC and the local level remain a focus of the ...Read More
Blue Cross Municipal Health Insurance Summit
October 3, 2024NewsBlue Cross Blue Shield will be sponsoring a second Municipal Health Insurance Summit in which Mass Retirees will again be ...Read More
Medicare Announces Drug Prices: Producing Future Significant Savings
October 3, 2024NewsSince its creation in the federal Income Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L.117-169), Mass Retirees has been closely ...Read More
Investment Returns & Funded Ratios for 104 Retirement Systems
October 3, 2024NewsKey Factors Impacting a Cola Base Increase Earlier we highlighted the success that retirement boards achieved investing their pension funds ...Read More
Medicare 2025 Part B Premiums Expected to Increase
October 3, 2024NewsLater this fall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) will be announcing the Medicare Part B Premiums for next ...Read More
Mass Retirees Annual Cola Update: Twenty Systems Increase Base in Fy25
October 3, 2024NewsFor FY25, Mass Retirees is pleased to report that all 102 local retirement board have approved a 3% COLA, effective ...Read More
IBIS Health and Wellpoint Clinical Trial Study Underway
October 3, 2024NewsNew Data Showing Reductions In Hospitalizations & ER Visits Nearly 18 months into its partnership with Wellpoint (formerly known as ...Read More
Retirement Boards Elections & Appointments
October 3, 2024NewsAdams – Holli Havens-Jayko was unopposed in her reelection for her second term to the Adams Retirement Board. In addition ...Read More
Cape Area Meeting End of Season
October 3, 2024NewsTraditionally Mass Retirees begins its in-person meeting season with the September Annual Meeting. And, it ends with our Cape ...Read More
Studies Focus on Use of Medical Cannabis
October 3, 2024NewsPrevalence of Use Grows, but Lack of Guidance Persists We all know that healthcare continues to become more complicated and ...Read More
WEP/GPO: What’s next?
October 2, 2024Breaking News, NewsGiven the amount of activity taking place on issues directly impacting public retirees, we’re publishing two news updates for ...Read More
WEP/GPO DISCHARGE PETITION GAINS 218 COSPONSORS
September 20, 2024Breaking News, NewsThe discharge petition to force a vote by the US House of Representatives on H.R.82, legislation to repeal ...Read More
Fall 2024 Area Meetings Across the Commonwealth
September 18, 2024NewsWith our September 13th Annual Meeting, Mass Retirees has kicked off its 2024-2025 Season of in-person area meetings ...Read More
2023 Investment Report Issued by Perac
September 18, 2024NewsAsset Gains For All MA Systems Exceed Expectations Since 2007, the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission (PERAC) the state’s ...Read More
Major Victories for Public Retirees
September 18, 2024NewsCOLA Commission & Basic Life Insurance Increase Now Law The approval of the FY25 State Budget this July delivered several ...Read More
House Approves Cola Commission & Basic Life Insurance Increase
September 18, 2024Breaking News, NewsTwo top priority legislative proposals, initiated by Mass Retirees, have been unanimously approved by the House of Representatives, led by ...Read More
Fall 2024 Meeting Schedule
September 11, 2024Breaking News, NewsAnnual Meeting Friday, September 13, 2024, at 11:00 AM enVISION HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTER 31 HAMPSHIRE ST, MANSFIELD, MA ...Read More
Fall 2024 Outlook
September 11, 2024News, Weekly News UpdateSEPTEMBER 6, 2024: As we head into fall, Mass Retirees is directly involved in and focused on several important areas ...Read More
COLA: What you need to know
August 3, 2024Weekly News UpdateWith the creation of the Special COLA Commission approved by Governor Maura Healey within the FY25 budget, it is a ...Read More
A good week for public retirees
August 1, 2024Breaking News, NewsBy now you may already be aware that the FY25 State Budget, signed into law on Monday by Governor Maura ...Read More