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• KFF Health News: Can I Opt Out of Having My Doctor Take Notes With AI?

  April 07, 2026: Family physician Eric Boose has been using an artificial intelligence tool to get back to what he calls “old-fashioned medicine” — talking with patients face-to-face, without having to type into a computer at the same time. Read More >

• What’s Next After “No Kings?”

  March 30, 2026: Your Texas Alliance for Retired Americans did well at the March 28 protest day. All seven of our Texas chapters participated. Some of us had tables or leafleteers at several events .           Read More >

• KFF Health News: Rising Health Costs Push Some Middle-Aged Adults To Skip the Doc Until Medicare

  March 23, 2026: John Galvin knows he needs a colonoscopy. But he’s waiting to schedule the procedure until December, when he turns 65 and qualifies for Medicare. He was already thinking about delaying it — then his monthly Obamacare insura Read More >

• KFF Health News: Many ACA Customers Are Paying Higher Premiums. Most Blame Trump and Republicans, Poll Finds.

  March 19, 2026: Most people who get their health coverage through the Affordable Care Act say they face sharply higher costs, with many worried they will have to pare back other expenses to cover them, according to a poll released Thursday. Some Read More >

• Seniors In the Fray!

  March 18, 2026: Your TARA leadership has approved three endorsements: Marcos Velez for Lieutenant Governor Nathan Johnson for Attorney General Venton Jones for State Rep District 100 All three are in runoff races May 26. We have fou Read More >

• KFF Health News: Even Patients Are Shocked by the Prices Their Insurers Will Pay — And It Costs All of Us

  March 03, 2026: Samantha Smith of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, went into the operating room for emergency removal of an ectopic pregnancy. “I’m grateful I didn’t die,” she said, but she was shocked to see that the outpatient surgery was bill Read More >

• Use It Now!

  February 26, 2026: February 27 is the last day of early voting for the March 3 primary elections. In Dallas for example, it is also the last day of easy voting  because Republicans have made it harder to vote on March 3. Voters will have to find an Read More >

• KFF Health News: Red and Blue States Alike Want To Limit AI in Insurance. Trump Wants To Limit the States.

  February 18, 2026: It’s the rare policy question that unites Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and the Democratic-led Maryland government against President Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California: How should health insurers use AI? Read More >

• KFF Health News: New Medicaid Work Rules Likely To Hit Middle-Aged Adults Hard

  February 11, 2026: Lori Kelley’s deteriorating vision has made it hard for her to find steady work. The 59-year-old, who lives in Harrisburg, North Carolina, closed her nonprofit circus arts school last year because she could no longer see well Read More >

• There Is Nothing Like 2026

  February 05, 2026: Over the past year, seniors have generally experienced a sickening downward trend. Texas has won the dubious title of having the most starving seniors, and food insecurity is rising rapidly. Cuts and layoffs of government service Read More >