TRTA Attacked, Time to Set the Record Straight

TRTA Members Being Called to Action! Recently, a blog post written by Empower Texans (a conservative think tank well known for its political activism) regarding the TRS-Care retiree health insurance funding crisis portrayed the fund’s shortfall as a battle between political factions, and misrepresented several key facts in the ongoing quest to adequately fund the […]

House Appropriations and Pensions Committees Meet to Discuss TRS-Care

TRTA Calls for Higher State Appropriation to Avert Drastic and Unaffordable Premium Increases for TRS-Care participants Yesterday, July 10, the Texas House Appropriations and Pensions Committees met to review the TRS-Care retiree health insurance program, among other items. The Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) was invited to provide expert testimony as part of a panel […]

TRTA Policy Discussion: TRS Care, Day 7, 8 and 9

Today, the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) continues its discussion about the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) sustainability study of the retiree health insurance program TRS-Care. In our first Inside Line article about the TRS-Care study, we reviewed Option 1: Pre-funding the long-term liability. We discussed Option 2: Funding on a pay-as-you-go basis for […]

TRTA Policy Discussion: TRS Care, Day 6

Today, the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) continues its discussion about the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) sustainability study of the retiree health insurance program TRS-Care. In our first Inside Line article about the TRS-Care study, we reviewed Option 1: Pre-funding the long-term liability. We also discussed Option 2: Funding on a pay-as-you-go basis […]

TRTA Policy Discussion: TRS Care, Day 5 Follow-Up

Yesterday, the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) sent out a review of Option 5 of the ongoing TRS-Care retiree health insurance sustainability study being conducted by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS). We have received an enormous response to our review of Option 5. First of all, THANK YOU for your responses. The hundreds […]

TRTA Policy Discussion: TRS Care, Day 5

Today, the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) continues its discussion about the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) sustainability study of the retiree health insurance program TRS-Care. In our first Inside Line article about the TRS-Care study, we reviewed Option 1: Pre-funding the long-term liability. We also discussed Option 2: Funding on a pay-as-you-go basis […]

TRTA Policy Discussion: TRS Care, Day 3

Today, the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) continues its discussion about the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) sustainability study of the retiree health insurance program TRS-Care. In our first Inside Line article about the TRS-Care study, we reviewed Option 1: Pre-funding the long-term liability. Our second article covered Option 2: Funding on a pay-as-you-go […]

TRTA Policy Discussion: TRS Care, Day 4

Today, the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) continues its discussion about the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) sustainability study of the retiree health insurance program TRS-Care. In our first Inside Line article about the TRS-Care study, we reviewed Option 1: Pre-funding the long-term liability. We also discussed Option 2: Funding on a pay-as-you-go basis […]

Good News and What’s Ahead

Last week, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) held its regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Trustees to discuss various issues, including the TRS-Care retiree health insurance program and the TRS-Active Care active employee health insurance plan. Good News The TRS staff shared some good, if not great, news with the trustees. The […]

TRTA Policy Discussion: TRS Care, Day 2

Today, the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) continues its discussion about the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) sustainability study about the retiree health insurance program TRS-Care. In our first Inside Line article about the TRS-Care study, we reviewed Option 1: Pre-fund the long-term liability. Today, we move on to Option 2: Fund on a […]