Medicaid
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Telephone: Our Main Technology
July 25, 2016: I've checked with the experts, and all agree that telephoning is the main way to reach seniors. After we used every telecommunications idea we could think of, the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans began phone banking. Terry Dunn, in the pic...Read more >
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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 >
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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 >
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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 >
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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 >
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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 >
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Kasich and Jeb Bush Mean Trouble for Seniors
February 11, 2016: John Kasich and Jeb Bush mean trouble for seniors and retirees. The New Hampshire primary results are in, and the top four for the Republicans were businessman Donald Trump, Gov. John Kasich (Ohio), Sen. Ted Cruz (TX), and former Governor Jeb Bush (F...Read more >
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Silver Tsunami to Bring 25 Million More Medicare Beneficiaries by 2036
January 27, 2016: [caption id="attachment_3359" align="alignnone" width="300"] Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator[/caption] The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that Medicare enrollment will grow by more than 30 percent over the next ten yea...Read more >
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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 >
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Austin Chapter of Texas Alliance for Retired Americans Rallies for Medicare/Medicaid
July 25, 2015: The Austin Chapter of Texas Alliance for Retired Americans held one of the 90 nationwide celebrations of the 50th anniversary of Medicare/Medicaid on July 25. Congressman Lloyd Doggett joined a program of luminaries, music, and information all design...Read more >