This is the web version of our email newsletter that highlights the goings-on of your pension and health care system in easy, quick-to-read “bites.” Enjoy!
1099-R Income Tax Forms Available Soon
1099-R forms will be issued later this month to those who received one or more payments from TRS during calendar year 2023. Once available, we encourage you to find your copy in MyTRS for safe and instant delivery. View our helpful FAQs for all the details.
January COLA Update
TRS continues to monitor the action around the voter-approved cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) and will take all necessary action to timely apply the COLA. Eligible annuitants should have received a letter confirming their eligibility. Beginning the week of Jan. 22, TRS will also send a second letter showing the exact increase of the annuity payment amount. Please visit the 2023 TRS Retiree Benefit Enhancements webpage and COLA FAQs for the latest updates.
New Year, New Life Event?
It’s a new year, which means it may also be a common time to experience a personal or career life-changing event. If you’re starting a family, moving, turning 65, or even retiring this year, we have all the resources you need to help with a smooth transition and navigate your life events with ease. The impact of these events can be significant, and we want to ensure you’re making the most of your benefits – in all ways possible – with each step forward.
Retire Healthy With TRS-Care
If you’re retiring soon and wondering what health care options are available to you – we have a webinar just for you! On Wed., Jan. 24, join TRS-Care for a virtual presentation - Retire Healthy with TRS-Care. This is a benefit you’ve paid into your entire career, and you should know what’s available to you. Register today.
TRS-Care & Express Scripts
Your TRS-Care pharmacy coverage changed over to Express Scripts on Jan. 1. Make sure you're familiar with new customer service numbers, pharmacy locator tools, etc. by looking over this checklist.
Retirement & Pizza? That's Amore!
Eager to plan their next chapter post-retirement, TRS members and best friends Katie Agor, Suzanne Francis and Ruth Matheny decided to launch a wood-fired pizza restaurant in Granbury, Texas. Watch the latest episode of TRS Talks to learn how the joint venture is helping the trio to savor this slice of life.