TRS-Care Premiums Schedule and Gearing Up for the Texas Primaries
TRS-Care, the state-run health insurance for retired Texas educators, saw significant changes to its plan structure and premium rates in 2017. The changes occurred in both the Texas Legislature’s regular session and the following 30-day special session. For many retirees, these changes included an increase in premium costs to ensure the health care program stayed […]
TRS-Care Insurance Cards on the Way
The Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) has received several phone calls and messages this morning after an email was sent out last night regarding TRS-Care. Specifically, members have been calling to request more information about TRS-Care insurance cards for the coming plan year, which begins on January 1, 2018. The information that was reported last […]
Important Health Care Dates and Options for Retirees
As many members of the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) know, the open enrollment date for Medicare Advantage plans ends today, Thursday, December 7, 2017. Some TRS-Care participants who are Medicare-eligible and intend to terminate coverage with TRS-Care may have some questions about their options after today. Please continue reading to learn more about important […]
November 9 Set as TRS-Care Auto Enrollment Date by TRS
According to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), TRS-Care plan participants who do not terminate their TRS-Care coverage by November 9 will be auto-enrolled into the new Humana and SilverScript (CVS) health care plan. November 9 is the cutoff date for the enrollment file TRS will submit to Humana, SilverScript (CVS) and the federal […]
Interim Charges for Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) Released
The next Texas legislative session doesn’t convene until 2019, but the groundwork for future legislative action is already beginning. The Texas Legislature recently released its interim charges for the Texas Senate and House of Representatives. The charges include issues pertaining to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) pension fund and the TRS-Care retiree health […]
TRS-Care Communications
Many members of the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) have contacted us regarding information that appeared in a recent The Inside Line article about opting out of TRS-Care. We have also received many calls about a letter sent out recently by TRS to all Medicare-eligible retirees who currently are not in the TRS-Care Humana Medicare […]
TRS-Care Seminars Underway
The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) has completed the first two weeks of seminars regarding the new TRS-Care health insurance plans. TRS has added several new meetings to the schedule. Additional meetings have been added in Austin, the Houston area, Corpus Christi, the Rio Grande Valley, Greenville, Victoria and El Paso. Many members of […]
Aetna Alternative Insurance Plans
The Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) has partnered with Aetna Healthcare to offer TRS-Care participants and spouses alternative health insurance options. To access the alternative options, use the following: Visit the Aetna/TRTA offerings website online at www.healthspire.com/TRTA. Call 1.888.299.0919 (TTY: 711) between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. local time, Monday through Friday to speak to […]
TRTA Partners with Aetna to Offer Discounted Health Coverage Products
UPDATE: The link to the Aetna website is live at: www.healthspire.com/trta As members of the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) know, the TRS-Care retiree health insurance program is changing in 2018. You may have many questions about these changes, and it is important that you understand how your health care coverage will be affected. For […]
TRS Accepting RSVPs for Health Care Information Seminars
As the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) reported recently, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) has established a plan for informing plan participants about changes to TRS-Care, including the start and end dates for the much-anticipated in-person retiree seminars that will begin in October. The original plan was for TRS to have 88 meetings […]