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Today, Friday, February 3, the special work group appointed by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Jane Nelson to consider cost containment measures for state-vested health care plans met and heard testimony. Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) Executive Director Tim Lee was invited to testify.<\/p>\n

The following Senators serve on the work group: Charles Schwertner<\/a>, Chair; Joan Huffman<\/a>; Lois Kolkhorst<\/a>; Robert Nichols<\/a>; Carlos Uresti<\/a>; Kirk Watson<\/a>; and John Whitmire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS) and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) made presentations.<\/p>\n

If you have Microsoft Powerpoint, you can download the slides Tim Lee used in his presentation here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

TRTA is encouraged by the work being done in the Legislature to make healthcare costs a priority. Unfortunately, the TRS-Care program is not immune to ever skyrocketing costs for healthcare. TRTA believes it is important for all of us to work with the legislature on plan design, cost-containment and cost reduction. TRS-Care has a $1 billion shortfall. We need to help the Legislature make good decisions on how this shortfall may be eliminated, and do so in such a way that retirees have access to affordable healthcare options.<\/p>\n

TRTA will have a full breakdown of the meeting in an upcoming Inside Line.<\/em><\/p>\n

Gracias<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you for your membership to TRTA. We will continue to follow the progress on TRS-Care. TRTA will provide you many more opportunities to get involved as we protect your hard earned retirement benefits!<\/p>\n

If you are not yet a member, we need you to help us protect your retirement security. Please join TRTA today<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Aseg\u00farate de Danos like en facebook<\/a>, S\u00edganos en Twitter<\/a> y suscr\u00edbete a nuestro canal de youtube<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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