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Massachusetts Municipal Association urges state to pay veterans benefits directly, relieving municipal cash-flow burden
Summary
Ally DiMatteo, legislative analyst for the Massachusetts Municipal Association, told the Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs that municipalities currently front veterans benefit payments and are later reimbursed by the Commonwealth at about 75 percent.
Ally DiMatteo, legislative analyst for the Massachusetts Municipal Association (MMA), told the Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs that municipalities currently pay 100 percent of veterans benefits and are later reimbursed by the Commonwealth at roughly a 75 percent rate. "Cities and towns currently pay out 100% of the cost of benefits to veterans, and are later reimbursed by the state at a rate of approximately 75%," DiMatteo said, describing a quarterly reimbursement process that can leave municipalities…
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