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MAYORS WANT CONTROL OVER INSURANCE PLANS

*MARCH 2010 VOICE:* Amidst a staggering multi-billion dollar state budget deficit and tightened local budgets, municipal leaders are seeking dramatic changes to long-standing health insurance laws.
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WINDFALL FOR GIC TOWNS BUT NOT RETIREES

*MARCH 2010 VOICE:* Municipalities, that belong to the GIC, have received a windfall because of the program's increased copayments and deductibles. With these increases in retirees' out-of-pocket expenses, there has been a corresponding decrease in the monthly premiums for non-Medicare plans.
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LOCAL HEALTH INSURANCE REFORMS PENDING

Retirees To Have Seat At Table JULY 2009: Following on the coattails of a groundbreaking legislative report that aims to control municipal healthcare costs through sweeping changes in the local insurance law (Chapter 32B), the state Senate has passed a provision, within its version of the FY'10 state budget, that significantly alters the governance of local insurance plans.
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MUNICIPAL GIC: MEDICARE PART B KEY BARGAINING CHIP

JANUARY 1, 2009: Over the past eighteen months, scores of Massachusetts cities, towns, and various other governmental entities have been in open negotiation over whether or not to enroll local retirees and employees into the state’s Group Insurance Commission (GIC) health insurance plans.
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Few Join State GIC

JANUARY 2008: The first round for local enrollment in the state’s Group Insurance Commission (GIC) came to a close on October 29 with just five municipalities, three school districts, and a handful of small government entities choosing to join the state health insurance plans.
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