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Somerset Retirees Avoid Major Health Insurance Increase
JULY 06 - Selectmen Bend Under Organized Resistance - Swift action by retirees of the Town of Somerset has prevented a major increase in their health insurance premiums.
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GIC Nears Vote On Life
JULY 06 - At press time, the state Group Insurance Commission (GIC) is scheduled, in June, to vote  whether  to increase the $5,000 basic life insurance to $10,000 for all state retirees and employees or follow the earlier advice of Romney  officials and only raise the benefit for active employees.
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Springfield Inches Closer To Joining GIC
JULY 06 - With state and local officials struggling to find ways to erase Springfield’s remaining $8 million deficit, a plan is moving forward that would bring all city retirees and employees under the state-run Group Insurance Commission (GIC).
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Worcester Officials Reject Coalition Bargaining
JULY 06 - Major Changes To Non-Medicare Plans - Last November, we contacted our members in Worcester, urging them to contact their local officials about impending changes in the city’s non-Medicare plans. City Manager Michael O’Brien proposed that the retiree contribution rates and co-payments for non-Medicare plans, be increased this January 1 (see January’06 Voice).
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Franklin Votes Retired Teachers Out Of State Insurance Plan
July 06 - Franklin’s Town Council has voted to withdraw the town’s retired teachers from the Commonwealth’s Retired Municipal Teachers (RMT) insurance plan and place them in the town’s plan.
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Wellesley Adopts Mandatory Medicare
July 06 - Exempts Certain Retirees From Mandate - When first told that their town may be transferring them  into Medicare, the reaction by Wellesley retirees was typical. “What we’ve seen is that retirees, who want to stay in their non-Medicare plan, are extremely upset when they’re first notified,” reports Insurance Coordinator Cheryl Stillman.
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Stronger Say On Insurance
July 06 - As we have previously reported, a proposal is now in the works that would allow cities and towns to more easily join the state’s group insurance plan.
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