Your ERS Connection Retiree Newsletter
September 2022 Your ERS Connection
Topics Include:
- Medicare-eligible retirees: Fall Enrollment begins October 31
- John R. Rutherford joins ERS Board of Trustees
- Message from the executive director: 75 years of vital benefits - an eye to the future
- Upcoming annuity payment dates
- Life Insurance for Retirees
- Fall savings
- 75 Years - looking back and looking forward
June 2022 Your ERS Connection
Topics Include:
- Retirees not eligible for Medicare: Summer Enrollment is your time to change your benefits
- Message from the executive director: Approaching 75 with a spirit of engagement
- Focus on vision before the plan year ends
- ERS reconnects in person with retirees
- Summer Savings
March 2022 Your ERS Connection
Topics include:
- ERS benefits after death: Important information for your survivors
- Message from the executive director: Staying connected
- Taking care of your health? Don't forget to get rewarded!
- Home health care: Understanding types and coverage
- Listen up: Not all hearing aids are equal
- What are value-added benefits?
December 2021 Your ERS Connection
Topics include:
- Reminders for the new year: Tax-time prep
- Deductibles, coinsurance reset Jan. 1
- Message from the executive director: Responding when you need us
- Understanding behavioral health
- Supporting fallen heroes
- Upcoming annuity payment dates
- HouseCalls revives decades-old tradition
- HealthSelectSM MA PPO, Medicare Rx sites get a new look
September 2021 Your ERS Connection
Topics include:
- Medicare-eligible retirees: Fall Enrollment begins Nov. 1
- News from the 87th Texas Legislature: Lawmakers move to support retirement fund, health care benefits
- Message from the Executive Director: Rebuilding a sustainable Trust Fund
- David Veal named CIO
- Upcoming annuity payment dates
- Walk your way to better health
- Neika Clark joins ERS Board of Trustees
- Don’t forget your vaccine…
June 2021 Your ERS Connection
Topics include:
- Retirees not eligible for Medicare: Annual benefits enrollment begins soon
- Message from the Executive Director: An unconventional year
- ERS certifies board candidate
- HMOs no longer offered starting Sept. 1: Learn about options for plan participants
- Don’t lose sight of your vision benefits
- Texa$averSM introduces flat fee, new investment option
- UnitedHealthcare Hearing can help you hear the moments that matter most
- You got your shot? Protect yourself from COVID scams
March 2021 Your ERS Connection
Topics include:
- ERS annuity basics
- HMO plans no longer offered starting Sept. 1
- Message from the Executive Director: Restoring the ERS Trust Fund to health
- Upcoming annuity payment dates
- Resources and information about the COVID-19 vaccine
- Cast your vote for the new ERS trustee
- ERS Board appoints new advisory committee members
- Taking a mind-body approach to nutrition
- Discount Purchase Program: Fresh discounts for spring
- Texas Veterans Land Board celebrates 75 years of service
December 2020 Your ERS Connection
Topics include:
- Your tax time checklist
- Stay safe and save with the Discount Purchase Program
- Message from the Executive Director: Planning in uncertain times
- Don’t be caught off-guard: Deductibles, out-of-pocket maximums for many plans reset Jan. 1
- ERS CIO Tull to retire
- HealthSelectSM Medicare Advantage participants: Learn how your plan’s “Extra Benefits” can help you save money, be healthy
- Caring for your mental health
- 2021 annuity payments: Why the amount you earn may change in the new year
September 2020 Your ERS Connection
Topics include:
- Fall Enrollment begins October 26
- UnitedHealthcare to become insurer for HealthSelect Medicare Advantage
- Message from the Executive Director: Change on the Horizon
- Retirees remain satisfied with health and retirement benefits
- Diabetes and aging: What you should know
- Don’t forget the flu
- Understanding your life insurance needs
- Avoiding phone fraud
- Upcoming annuity payment dates
- KelseyCare Advantage not available through ERS starting January 1
- Discount Purchase Program: Fall savings
June 2020 Your ERS Connection
Topics include:
- Annual enrollment for retirees not eligible for Medicare is July 13-24
- Contact Center fields questions, lends support
- Message from the Executive Director: Facing challenges together
- More than a badge: Retiree tells tales of West Texas law enforcement career
- ERS tobacco policy updated for e-cigarettes
- Upcoming annuity payment dates
- Online retailers join State of Texas VisionSM network
- Time to try telehealth?
- New insurer for HealthSelectSM Medicare Advantage starting 2021
- Discount Purchase Program
March 2020 Your ERS Connection
Topics include:
- Your annuity and the ERS Retirement Trust Fund
- Know the facts about getting your medication by mail
- Message from the Executive Director: Keeping our commitments
- Share your time and talent through volunteering
- Choosing a Mediterranean diet is easier than you think
- Join our Facebook community
- ERS Board appoints new advisory committee members
- Annuity payment dates
- ERS adopts rule amendment
- Discount Purchase Program