Health Care

• We’re Taking Off Like a Texas Rocket!

  July 20, 2016: Starting tomorrow, July 21, Texas Alliance volunteers are hitting the phone banks for a growing number of Texas events to save and expand the right to retire. JOIN US NOW! North Texans phone banking starts tomorrow, July 21, at 2 PM at the Teac...Read more >

• Events Set for Medicare/Medicaid and Social Security Celebrations

  July 11, 2016: The July 30 anniversary of Medicare/Medicaid and the August 13 anniversary of Social Security are coming up. Texas retirees have set an ambitious program of celebrating our past accomplishments and committing ourselves to continue fighting. We have s...Read more >

• Texans Strategize in San Antonio

  June 18, 2016: The Texas AFL-CIO allowed the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans to use their meeting room at the Texas Democratic Party convention at the Alamodome in San Antonio on June 17. Over 100 activists put off their lunch time to discuss strategies for fi...Read more >

• What’s Our Strategy?

  May 17, 2016: What's Our Strategy? Here are some ideas to start a statewide discussion on our strategy for building a statewide grassroots movement of organizations within Texas that represents retired union members, their families, and other senior community a...Read more >

• Medicaid Expansion Still Necessary

  May 04, 2016: For immediate release May 5, 2016 Federal Medicaid Extension not a long term solution for Texans For information contact Gene Lantz 214-942-4236, labordallas@sbcglobal.net Medicaid expansion was ignored. Texas officials and Hospital administ...Read more >

• Workplace Injuries Still Plague Retirees

  April 30, 2016: [caption id="attachment_1743" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Retirees suffering long-term workplace injuries spoke on KNON radio[/caption] Workplace injuries plague us long after we have retired. Three retirees from the Dallas Independent School...Read more >

• Retirees Are Meeting

  April 21, 2016: In Texas, retirees are meeting everywhere. In almost any church, there is a group of predominantly retirees meeting. Drop by the Dairy Queen or McDonald's in small Texas towns during mornings, and you'll find retirees meeting over coffee. The Texas A...Read more >

• Retirees Stand Against Unfair Trade

  January 19, 2016: Texas retirees took the lead in opposing unfair trade on January 12, the same day that President Obama pushed the unfair "Trans Pacific Partnership" in his State of the Union address. Our Austin and Dallas rallies coincided with 20 protests nationwid...Read more >

• TARA Joins TOP to EXPAND MEDICAID

  October 23, 2015: MEDICAID EXPANSION IN TEXAS On October 22, TARA members joined Dallas Texas Organizing Project members at a rally and press conference to EXPAND MEDICAID! Below are the remarks of Field Organizer Judy Bryant which she made at the event. The Texa...Read more >

• Retirees Mobilize for Fair Trade

  October 14, 2015: Retirees Mobilize for Fair Trade The Alliance for Retired Americans is urging Texans to join the fight against unfair trade deals because of the prospect of higher prices for drugs and medical equipment. The Texas Alliance has already participated i...Read more >