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• KFF Health News – Sticker Shock: Obamacare Customers Confront Premium Spikes as Congress Dithers

  December 12, 2025: We’ve been here before: congressional Democrats and Republicans sparring over the future of the Affordable Care Act. But this time there’s an extra complication. Though it’s the middle of open enrollment, lawmakers are still debating whether...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Trump’s Idea for Health Accounts Has Been Tried. Millions of Patients Have Ended Up in Debt.

  December 09, 2025: Sarah Monroe once had a relatively comfortable middle-class life. She and her family lived in a neatly landscaped neighborhood near Cleveland. They had a six-figure income and health insurance. Then, four years ago, when Monroe was pregnant with t...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Health Savings Accounts, Backed by GOP, Cover Fancy Saunas but Not Insurance Premiums

  December 05, 2025: With the tax-free money in a health savings account, a person can pay for eyeglasses or medical exams, as well as a $1,700 baby bassinet or a $300 online parenting workshop. Those same dollars can’t be used, though, to pay for most baby formulas...Read more >

• Membership/Fund Drive Underway!

  November 28, 2025: We are all volunteers, so we don't spend much, but we do have to spend some. Every year, we ask everyone to pony up at least $10 to keep us going. Those who make their donation "recurring" every month are our biggest backers. We also ask organizat...Read more >

• Trump Picks a Fight with Texas Retirees

  November 21, 2025: In January, the Trump Administration launches a pilot program designed to “save” money for the government and “make” money for certain insurance-company-related corporations at our expense. Our national organization is totally against the ...Read more >

• Retirees Fight the Food Crisis

  November 10, 2025: The Dallas Chapter of Texas Alliance for Retired Americans voted to set up a virtual food bank with the North Texas Food Bank. Donors can paste the following link into their browser: https://give.ntfb.orgDi/site/TR/Badges/General?pg=team&team_...Read more >

• Retirees Make the Difference in Elections

  November 10, 2025: Retirees turn out better than any age group. The difference is especially felt in low-turnout races in off years and in special elections such as the upcoming Texas runoffs. Our Texas Executive Committee has endorsed Taylor Rehmet in Senate Distri...Read more >

• KFF Health News: As Health Companies Get Bigger, So Do the Bills. It’s Unclear if Trump’s Team Will Intervene.

  November 10, 2025: A cancer patient might live in a town with four oncology groups, but only one accepts his insurance — the one owned by his insurer. A young couple could see huge bills after their child is born, because their insurer agreed to the health system’s...Read more >

• Health Care Costs Surge As ACA Open Enrollment Begins

  November 07, 2025: Americans shopping for Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace insurance plans during open enrollment – which began this Saturday – are experiencing confusion and dramatically more expensive premiums. This includes five million older Americans betw...Read more >

• Social Security Callers Waiting Hours, Or Sometimes Days, for Help

  October 31, 2025: Seniors and people with disabilities calling the Social Security Administration (SSA) face endless looping music, long wait times, useless robot messages, and extended periods between a request and an actual callback, according to a new report from t...Read more >