Medicare
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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 >
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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 >
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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 >
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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 >
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Retirees Must Sound Off!
December 26, 2016: Texas seniors need to sing our songs and tell our stories everywhere! We expect the worst if we remain quiet! We are contacting key congresspersons, like Lloyd Doggett in the photo above, during the holiday season. We're writing letters, mak...Read more >
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Congressman Doggett Backs Retirees in Fight for Rights
December 11, 2016: Congressman Lloyd Doggett expects to join the retiree news conference at noon on Thursday, December 15, at the Lamar Seniors Activity Center at 2874 Shoalcrest Ave, corner of 29th and Lamar, in Austin. [caption id="attachment_1929" align="aligncen...Read more >
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Texans Starting Fightback — Emergency Council December 15
November 28, 2016: News articles are announcing that the incoming government is likely to turn Medicare/Medicaid over to the insurance companies. Click here for one of them. [caption id="attachment_1548" align="aligncenter" width="410"] Texas retirees will fight[/...Read more >
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Texas Retirees Fight On
November 23, 2016: Texas retirees will continue to fight to preserve and expand the right to retire in spite of news that even stronger efforts will be made to destroy it. Ed Sills, Communications Director for the Texas AFL-CIO, wrote on Novermber 23, "President-ele...Read more >
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Texas Retirees Succeed in First of Nine Events
July 27, 2016: Before August 26, Texas retirees will have held 9 public events. The first one took place in Grand Prairie on July 26. State Representative Chris Turner and District 105 candidate Terry Mesa helped retirees appreciate Medicare/Medicaid as the anniver...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 >