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• KHN – A Squeaker In The House Becomes Headache For The Senate: 5 Things To Watch

  May 05, 2017: By Julie Rovner, May 4, 2017 Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. After weeks of will-they-or-won’t-they tensions, the House managed to pass its GOP rep...Read more >

• Retirees Fighting to Save Healthcare

  May 04, 2017: All over Texas, our members fought the health care battle in the U.S. House right up to the moment we heard they had passed it. Click here to join the fight! [caption id="attachment_2161" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Dallas President George...Read more >

• Retirees In Danger!

  April 27, 2017: How would you like to pay five times as much for insurance as younger people?  What about losing your pension or having your Social Security Cut? Right now, Congress is deliberating all those things. We need to organize retirees to fight back! I'...Read more >

• Texas Labor Has Our Backs

  March 30, 2017: The AFL-CIO in Texas has  the retirees' backs -- and we have theirs!  To save pensions, we're urging everyone to go to Austin for the State Employees Lobby Day April 12. Bus rides to Austin cost $15. Click here to buy yours! A lot of really bad ...Read more >

• Retirees Endorse Women’s Action

  March 02, 2017: By unanimous vote, the Dallas Chapter of the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans is behind  March 8 activities titled "A Day Without A Woman!" [caption id="attachment_2142" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Dallas Chapter is meeting at Alliance/A...Read more >

• Texas Retirees are on the Front Lines!

  February 27, 2017: All over Texas, members of the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans (TARA)  are  in the first ranks of the  many ongoing battles for decent living, rights, and dignity in America. Retirees are making calls, filling out petitions, visiting politica...Read more >

• Ken Pease About the Importance of Medicare

  February 10, 2017: [video width="640" height="360" mp4="http://retiredamerica.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/Ken-Pease-Video.mp4"][/video] The U.S. Senate confirmed Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), on Friday de...Read more >

• Texas Retirees Are In The Fray!

  January 31, 2017: The sheer amount of work that our 6 Texas chapters are doing is a true wonder. [caption id="attachment_2101" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Yolanda Delgado of Austin TARA at women's march[/caption] Austin collected over 300 petition signature...Read more >

• Texans Are In Action on MLK Day and Beyond!

  January 15, 2017: The Texas Legislative session began January 10 and the federal government is changing hands. Retirees aren't sitting on ours! For most of Texas, the next big public event is Martin Luther King Jr celebrations on the 16th. [caption id="attachment_2...Read more >

• Commit to Fight, Now!

  January 09, 2017: We are facing threats that are bigger and more urgent than any in our lifetimes! Congressmen Sam Johnson and Paul Ryan agree on attacking Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid  I'm asking every Texan who wants to save and expand the right to r...Read more >