Higher Health Costs Hitting Retired Texas Teachers In 2018

AUSTIN (AP) — Some retired Texas teachers face higher health insurance premiums in 2018 under a state program that has teetered on insolvency in recent years.
The San Antonio Express-News reports that at least 9,000 educators and their dependents have left the subsidized insurance plan known as TRS-Care. That departure rate is six times higher than recent years.
Higher costs are driving some retirees back to work. Among them is 74-year-old Betty Munie of New Braunfels, who starte