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Providing Over 294,000 Massachusetts State and Certain Municipal Employees, Retirees, and Their Dependents with Access to Quality Benefits at a Reasonable Cost.

Dolores L. Mitchell,
Executive Director

Annual enrollment is here! Research your options - read your Benefit Decision Guide, find out what's changing effective July 1, 2008, and attend a health fair. Download, complete and return enrollment forms no later than May 16, 2008 for changes effective July 1, 2008.

Welcome new municipalities; resources for municipalities considering joining the GIC; new Commissioner pleased with transition to retirement.

Open Enrollment for Non GIC-eligible state employees is May 1- May 30.

GIC and Payroll Coordinators - See the Coordinator News section for up-to-date information on annual enrollment coordinator training sessions, late health insurance enrollment requests , change in imputed income for Non-IRS Dependents; Health Insurance Responsibility Disclosure (HIRD) form and procedures for HR/CMS Agencies and UMASS and for Offline Agencies. The all new Coordinator manuals have step-by-step procedures; the LTD manual is also online.

Taking charge of your health: research your condition ;save money on prescription drugs; online resource for researching hospital options, and other tools to help you take charge of your health.

Answers to common questions: Marriage, legal separation, divorce, remarriage, dependents age 19 and over coverage, Medicare, layoffs, retirement, leaving state service, life insurance...and GIC benefits. Find out what you need to know to ensure GIC benefits are coordinated with these life events