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LeftInTX

(25,810 posts)
Tue May 23, 2017, 09:11 PM May 2017

To all retired or retiring Texas teachers

TRS Care for 2018: Age 60-65 will have $4000 deductible - 80/20 plan. No other option
Age 65 and up: Humana Medicare Advantage - No other option
$1.5 billion dollar shortfall.

This is pretty devastating. One of our Indivisible leaders shared it on FB.

If you have Facebook you can follow TRTA's Live Event. I watched it this evening, but they keep archives on FB.

Next legislative session: They are coming for our pension

http://trta.org/legislation/legislative-updates/

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To all retired or retiring Texas teachers (Original Post) LeftInTX May 2017 OP
I thought that there was supposed to be competition TexasTowelie May 2017 #1
It's the free-market version of scraping the bottom of the barrel LeftInTX May 2017 #2

TexasTowelie

(112,689 posts)
1. I thought that there was supposed to be competition
Tue May 23, 2017, 09:51 PM
May 2017

in a the free market capitalistic health care system?

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