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AARP Texas
Tirelessly working for Texans 50+ and their families
With nearly 2.5 million members in Texas, AARP Texas strengthens communities and advocates for what matters most to older Texans and their families, including health security, financial stability and personal fulfillment.
MAR 27, 2025
Virtual sessions on how to deal with the loss of a loved one.
MAR 20, 2025
AARP Texas is offering several online fitness series for the spring and summer.
MAR 5, 2025
AARP Texas Director Tina Tran comments on the news of the passing of Sylvester Turner, a congressman and longtime state legislator and Houston mayor.
AARP volunteers do everything from addressing state and federal legislators about issues of importance to the 50-plus population, to public speaking, to telephone town halls or behind-the-scenes organizing.
AARP Texas calls on legislators to sprint to action on consumer-focused utilities reforms so that avoidable power disruptions like the deadly winter storm blackouts never happen again.
According to Feeding Texas, the Lone Star State is the 5th highest state for senior food insecurity. What does that mean? Well, that means that 11% of Texas seniors run the risk of going hungry.
Un análisis reciente del Instituto de Política Pública de AARP revela que en 2019, alrededor de 1 de cada 5 latinos entre las edades de 50 a 64 años carecía de seguro médico. Si bien la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (Obamacare) implementada hace 11 años mejoró las disparidades raciales y étnicas asociadas con la capacidad de compra del seguro médico, esa tasa es casi tres veces mayor a la de los blancos no hispanos.
A free online public conversation about making Austin a more age-friendly community will take place Thursday, April 22.
House Bill 3924 and Senate Bill 1973 allow so-called “skimpy” health coverage to be sold through Farm Bureau health plans. A related bill (HB 3752) would allow more of this same coverage that can deny coverage or charge more for your preexisting conditions to be sold through Texas Mutual plans.
A 2020 report revealed that half of the Asian American caregivers say the person they care for lives with them in their home, more common than non-Hispanic whites.
AARP Texas Director Tina Tran issued a statement in response to remarks on April 7 by House Speaker Dade Phelan regarding health care legislation.
Jenell Clark of Dallas has been struggling for months to gain attention to the plight of her mother, 86-year-old Mae Birks. Now she’s brought her story to state legislators, testifying recently in the Senate Business & Commerce Committee in opposition to Senate Bill 6.
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