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• KFF Health News: Deep Flaws in FDA Oversight of Medical Devices, and Patient Harm, Exposed in Lawsuits and Records

  December 21, 2023: Living with diabetes, Carlton “PeeWee” Gautney Jr. relied on a digital device about the size of a deck of playing cards to pump insulin into his bloodstream. The pump, manufactured by device maker Medtronic, connected plast Read More >

• Retiree Benefits Misunderstood and Maligned

  November 22, 2023: The Washington Post ran an editorial, “Why we’re borrowing to fund the elderly while neglecting everyone else.” The writer presumes to know something about Social Security, federal budgets, and simple economics. She fails on Read More >

• KFF Health News: Extra Fees Drive Assisted Living Profits

  November 21, 2023: Assisted living centers have become an appealing retirement option for hundreds of thousands of boomers who can no longer live independently, promising a cheerful alternative to the institutional feel of a nursing home. But the Read More >

• Help TARA’s Fund and Membership Drive

  November 20, 2023: TARA is one of the most important organizations in Texas. Our organized  retiree activists strengthen other organizations and the entire progressive political effort. As we are chartered under section 501c4 of the tax code, we ca Read More >

• KFF Health News: Save Billions or Stick With Humira? Drug Brokers Steer Americans to the Costly Choice

  September 21, 2023: Tennessee last year spent $48 million on a single drug, Humira — about $62,000 for each of the 775 patients who were covered by its employee health insurance program and receiving the treatment. So when nine Humira knockoffs, kn Read More >

• Austin Discusses Age Discrimination

  July 19, 2023: The Austin Chapter had an expert on age discrimination for their July 20, 2023 meeting. UNDERSTANDING AGE DISCRIMINATION Equal Employment Opportunity Commission The EEOC has jurisdiction over federal and private sector Read More >

• TARA In Legal Fight for Voting Rights

  June 21, 2023: The long legal fight for Texas retiree voting rights, like the wheels of justice, grinds slowly on. At a short on-line conference with lawyers on June 21, 2023, Organizer Judy Bryant and President Gene Lantz were told that we may Read More >

• May Is Older Americans Month. Make ’em Notice!

  April 27, 2023: The Dallas TARA Chapter will picnic at 12:30PM on May 3rd in Kidd Springs Park. Everybody invited! We usually find open tables in the 1000 block of Sylvan Avenue where it and Kidd Springs Drive both dead end into the park. Judy an Read More >

• May Is Older Americans Month. Make ’em Notice!

  April 27, 2023: The Dallas TARA Chapter will picnic at noon on May 3rd in Kidd Springs Park. Everybody invited! We usually find open tables in the 1000 block of Sylvan Avenue where it and Kidd Springs Drive both dead end into the park. Judy and B Read More >

• May Is Older Americans Month. Make ’em Notice!

  April 27, 2023: The Dallas TARA Chapter will picnic at noon on May 3rd in Kidd Springs Park. We usually find open tables in the 1000 block of Sylvan Avenue where it and Kidd Springs Drive both dead end into the park. Judy and Barbara need RSVP’ Read More >