Growing the COLA Base
July 13, 2023Weekly News Update, NewsContinually improving pension COLA policy has been a key focus of Mass Retirees since our founding in 1968. The recent ...
FDA Fully Approves Alzheimer’s Drug
July 7, 2023Breaking News, NewsPotential Impact on Medicare Part B Premium July 7, 2023: Today, the federal Food and Drug Administration. (FDA) granted full ...
To which retirement system do I belong?
July 7, 2023Weekly News Update, NewsJuly 7, 2023: Weekly Update By Mass Retirees CEO Shawn Duhamel As we have been reporting the recent news regarding ...
Breaking News Update: COLA
June 29, 2023Breaking News, NewsJune 30, 2023: We had planned to take a brief hiatus from our weekly updates, but there is some very ...
Pension Fund Rebound Continued In First Quarter
May 2, 2023From the Media, NewsMay 2, 2023: After a prolonged market selloff in 2022, the nearly $95 billion state pension fund has recorded back ...
COLA amendment 808
April 21, 2023News, Breaking News, Weekly News UpdateApril 21, 2023: As we reported last week, your Association has filed one amendment to the FY24 State Budget proposal ...
Fixing Social Security involves hard choices
April 8, 2023From the Media, NewsAPRIL 8, 2023: CNN — There’s a reason why politicians have long shied away from addressing Social Security’s massive ...
The City of Lynn has Lost a Legend
April 7, 2023Breaking News, NewsBUZZY ALWAYS HAD THE TIME TO GIVE APRIL 7, 2023: It was hard not to be struck by the irony ...
COLA News
April 7, 2023Breaking News, NewsPositive Developments Continue Statewide When it comes to the local COLA (Cost-of-Living-Adjustment), there has been a tremendous ...
GIC Open Enrollment & Annual PAC Drive Begins
March 31, 2023Weekly News Update, NewsMarch 31, 2023: It is very hard to believe that today is the end of March. For what is normally ...
Governor Healey Files First Budget Proposal
March 1, 2023Breaking News, NewsExpands Pension Funding & Proposes 3% COLA WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 2023: Governor Maura Healey has filed her first state budget ...
How Not to Panic About Social Security
March 1, 2023From the Media, News“The days of our years are threescore and ten,” says Psalm 90 in the King James Bible. So right now ...
Local COLA News
February 24, 2023Weekly News Update, NewsWEEKLY REPORT FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2023: Between the President’s Day holiday and school vacation week, there is not ...
Why Medicare and Social Security Are Sustainable
February 22, 2023From the Media, NewsThe G.O.P. response to President Biden’s truthful statement that some Republicans want to sunset Medicare and Social ...
A big life, all too brief
February 9, 2023News, From the MediaThis week, we said goodbye to our friend and colleague Chris Condon. In addition to his work with SEIU Local ...
Yes, Social Security and Medicare still need to be reformed — and soon
February 6, 2023From the Media, NewsFebruary 6, 2023: Washington Post Editorial House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced last week that cuts to Social Security ...
State treasurers warn of pension fund, 401(k) damage if debt ceiling breached
January 25, 2023Breaking News, NewsPensions & Investments A group of 11 state treasurers and the comptrollers of Maryland and New York City are calling ...
No Deal On WEP
December 20, 2022News, Breaking NewsCongressional Budget Agreement Does Not Include Social Security Fix December 20, 2022: Christmas did not come early for public retirees ...
Big news on GIC & Social Security
December 16, 2022Weekly News Update, Breaking News, NewsDo you remember when I said that December would be a busy month? It turns out that things have been ...
Gic Selects CVS as Fy24 Pharmacy Manager
December 15, 2022News, Breaking NewsIncludes Medicare & Non-Medicare Plans DECEMBER 15, 2022: The Group Insurance Commission held the final monthly commission meeting of ...