How valuable are ERS benefits to your life?
Active members and retirees can best answer that question—and they do so in this collection of essays. Read any or all of them. Then consider telling us your story.
State of Texas employees earn valuable benefits. Read how those benefits have been essential to their lives.
ERS benefits have helped retirees live a more healthy and financially secure life. Learn how.
Would you like to tell us your story? Contact ERS.
Staying in motion
We bring you the story of one retiree who has found that, more than 5,000 miles from Texas, her ERS health plan helps her embrace wellness. Read more about her story.
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Member story: How Rebecca Castillo saved her own lifeMarch 6, 2024“There’s never a good time to have cancer. But there is a good time to get diagnosed, and that’s early.” Meet Rebecca Castillo, a mother, curriculum developer who saved her own life with the help of health plan benefits.
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At the “heart” of her return to work: Affordable health insuranceFebruary 2, 2022Stacey Brown's heart health was among the reasons Brown decided to join the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) in March 2019.
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Beating pre-diabetes through diet and exerciseNovember 3, 2021Pre-diabetes is no match for Luciano Chavez Jr.'s determination to beat it!
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A public servant for public healthMay 5, 2021Rachel Edberg, a program evaluator for the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), knows all about the need for good health care coverage.
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The out-of-pocket maximum: a guardian of your life savingsSeptember 2, 2020Rosanna Boyd's out-of-pocket maximum protected her from health bills that could threaten her financial stability.
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Still making a differenceAt 96 years old, retiree Lula Marie Sullivan shows that staying active has no age limit.December 5, 2019