Special Election for Senate District 28 Tomorrow!
Tomorrow (September 9) is the special election to fill the seat being vacated by Senator Robert Duncan in Senate District 28. Many TRTA members are quite familiar with Senator Duncan and his work to improve and protect retirement benefits for Texas public educators. Last session, Senator Duncan authored Senate Bill 1458, which provided the first […]
Simple Steps to Protect Your Health Care and Pension Plans
The 84th Legislative Session is still a few months away, but that doesn’t mean that members of the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) are sitting still. In fact, our members are ready to start protecting their benefits and getting the word out that their health care and pension should be top priorities in 2015! This […]
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 […]