State Board to Begin Estimated First Pension Payment
January 5, 2024NewsImplementation Targeted for Early 2024 It was reported at the October State Retirement Board meeting that testing for the implementation ...Read More
Healthcare Focus of Fall Forums
January 5, 2024NewsAssociation Officials Participated As you know, public retiree health insurance and healthcare policy are major focuses of Mass Retirees. Awareness ...Read More
Mass Retirees In Person Meetings
January 5, 2024NewsEngaging Members Across the Commonwealth Since the Mass Retirees Annual Meeting in September (see November Voice), our 2023 – 2024 area ...Read More
Mass Retirees Participates in Blue Cross Educational Forum
January 5, 2024NewsFocus on PECs & Local Insurance Issues Legislative changes in 2011 altered how municipalities bargained for health insurance with active ...Read More
IBIS Preliminary Study of MIIA Members
January 5, 2024NewsSuggests Participation Results in Significant Cost Savings Just a little over two years after MIIA and Mass Retirees first partnered ...Read More
Retirement Boards Elections & Appointments
January 5, 2024NewsBarnstable County – Hyannis Fire District retiree, Harry Brunelle was re-elected to the Barnstable County Retirement Board without opposition to ...Read More
President’s Message: COLA Base Improvements Main Focus in 2024
December 15, 2023NewsCOLA Base Improvements Main Focus in 2024 It should come as no surprise that the cost-of-living adjustment or ...Read More
WEP/GPO Congressional Testimony from Mass Retirees
December 7, 2023Breaking News, NewsSocial Security’s Disservice to Public Servants: How the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset Mistreat Government Workers November ...Read More
Important Information Regarding Your SMART Plan Account
November 22, 2023Breaking News, From the MediaDear SMART Plan Participant: Empower recently experienced a processing issue which inadvertently created an erroneous statement showing your SMART Plan ...Read More
Congressional Hearing Held on Impact of WEP & GPO
November 21, 2023Breaking NewsForum Spotlights Law’s Unfairness to Public Retirees On Monday, a House Ways and Means Committee Field Hearing on "Social ...Read More
WEP/GPO Congressional hearing to be held in Louisiana
November 14, 2023Breaking NewsA Congressional hearing has been scheduled on how Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO ...Read More
Public workers may receive reduced Social Security benefits. There’s growing support in Congress to change that
November 12, 2023Breaking News, From the MediaBy Lorie Konish, CNBC PUBLISHED SUN, NOV 12 20238:30 AM EST KEY POINTS Workers may have jobs where they ...Read More
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS REMOVES PRIOR AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS FOR HOME CARE SERVICES
November 7, 2023Breaking NewsState's leading health plan takes step to ease capacity crunch in local hospitals; change will speed discharges & eliminate ...Read More
Newest Mass Retirees Board Member: Jacqueline Gorrie
November 4, 2023NewsStill Serving After Career in Teaching President Frank Valeri has appointed retired Taunton teacher Jacqueline Gorrie to fill a vacancy ...Read More
Association 2023 Annual Meeting
November 4, 2023NewsMembers Turn Out at New Location Mass Retirees’ kicked off its 2023-2024 meeting season with the Annual meeting that ...Read More
Medicare Advantage: Stay With Your Current Group Coverage
November 4, 2023NewsIt is once again that time of year when celebrities pop up in commercials telling you to call and see ...Read More
Drug Price Increases Greatly Outpacing Inflation
November 4, 2023NewsConfirmed in Study of Medicare’s Top 25 Part D Drugs Leqembi and its potential impact on Medicare Part B ...Read More
Retirement Boards Elections & Appointments
November 4, 2023NewsArlington – Retired Police Lieutenant, Kenneth Hughes* and retired Fire Chief Robert Jefferson were both reelected to the Arlington Retirement Board ...Read More
November: Diabetes Awareness Month
November 4, 2023NewsIbis Can Help – a Member’s Story November is National Diabetes Month, an effort to raise awareness about an illness ...Read More
Medicare Major Development: Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Beginning
November 4, 2023NewsFirst Drugs Selected for the Program In our September Voice, we updated our readers on the status of the federal ...Read More