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Meet the New Director of the WA Department of Retirement Systems

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Virtual Member Education Program – Meet the New Director of the WA Department of Retirement Systems (DRS) – Kathryn Leathers On Monday, October 20th RPEC held...

RPEC PAC 2025 General Election Endorsements

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Health Insurance Open Enrollment 2025-2026

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States Form Health Alliances After Recent CDC and FDA Changes in Policy

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Have a passion for helping others? Volunteer to help people understand their Medicare options!

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Federal News

Social Security

Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Information for 2026

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From the Social Security Administration: Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for 75 million Americans will increase 2.8 percent in 2026. The 2.8 percent...

Washington State Chosen for WISeR Medicare Waste/Fraud Pilot

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New Federal Tax Law Will Trigger Medicare Cuts Unless Congress Acts – Action Item!

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Social Security Transition to Electronic Payments

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H.R. 1 – Budget Reconciliation Bill Passes and Signed

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RPEC News

RPEC News

RPEC Executive Board Holds Work Session on Strategic Plan

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On October 17th, the RPEC Executive Board convened to hold a work session to review and discuss the report developed by the Strategic Plan...

RPEC Weekly NewsFlash, October 17, 2025

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RPEC Weekly NewsFlash, October 10, 2025

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RPEC Weekly NewsFlash, October 3, 2025

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Executive Director’s Report – October 2025

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Episode 11 – Navigating Medicare Open Enrollment

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Featuring Tim Smolen & Matt Groshong Tim Smolen, Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisors (SHIBA) Program Manager, and our very own Matt Groshong, RPEC Healthcare Workgroup...

Episode 10 – Member Engagement 101

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Member engagement is how RPEC members participate and interact with the organization. This can take on many forms, but is there a right or...

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