Ohio Retirement for Teachers Association

10/13/2026

Medicare Made Easy: Your Guide to Annual Enrollment Season

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Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM EST

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Register now for October's free AMBA webinar! Medicare Made Easy: Your Guide to Annual Enrollment Season Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2026 Time: 9:00 AM EST Medicare doesn't have to be confusing. Whether you're turning 65 soon or reviewing your options for open enrollment, join us for a clear, no-pres...

10/10/2026

https://orta.org/so/9eQ4d43TC?languageTag=en&cid=56859676-b0b0-48e7-8019-5ed3a2766f85

Much of the Retirement Study Council (ORSC) Meeting on October 8 centered around the "Retirement at Risk" research document published in the Journal of New Finance. This document raised questions about discrepancies between our pension system and the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS).....

10/03/2026

https://orta.org/so/6bQ435yQh?languageTag=en&cid=56859676-b0b0-48e7-8019-5ed3a2766f85

Nothing overly eventful to report this week, but ORTA will be closely watching the Ohio Retirement Study Council (ORSC) meeting on October 8, this Thursday. The ORSC agenda includes a discussion of the 'Retirement at Risk' research document, which raises questions about discrepancies between our pen...

10/02/2026

https://www.orta.org/post/medicare-made-easy-your-guide-to-annual-enrollment-season

Do you know the three main ways to get Medicare coverage? If the answer is "not really" (or you just want to double-check), there's still time to join us. This free webinar explains when and how to enroll, the three main coverage paths and how they differ, and how to figure out what fits your situat...

09/29/2026

https://www.orta.org/post/to-the-editor-candidate-will-protect-ohio-pensioners

The next attorney general must take a proactive approach to these boards and the Ohio Retirement Study Council. Years of turmoil need to end. For nearly a decade, STRS pensioners didn’t receive a cost-of-living adjustment — and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

09/27/2026

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09/27/2026

https://www.orta.org/post/the-strs-investment-staff-s-benchmark-should-be-can-we-pay-our-members-their-cola

Numerous financial experts, including our own state auditor, have questioned STRS investment practices and suggested they have cost members billions of dollars. Too many fees and investment expenses go unaccounted for because of how we operate. We are incentivizing staff to direct our monies into a....

09/26/2026

Weekly Update: September 26, 2026

ORTA leadership was involved in numerous calls and two Zoom meetings this past week. The focus was primarily on the Journal of New Finance article, "Retirement at Risk." ORTA is seeking transparency. We are questioning how STRS justifies the large gap between their reported performance numbers (upon...

09/19/2026

ORTA Weekly Update: September 19, 2026

Thus far this month, ORTA has attended a half dozen chapter meetings. Many of these meetings included candidates running for office in the upcoming November midterm elections. ORTA made sure candidates understood that we oppose vouchers that drain money from our pension, and that the lack of proper....

09/19/2026

Controversy over 'Retirement at Risk' continues, suggesting that investment staff have received bonus payments that the data do not support.

In simple terms the paper alleges that STRS uses self-reported investment returns to justify payment of PBI (bonus) to its investment staff while the audit driven returns are far less than what STRS uses to award bonus payments to staff. The audit driven returns are significantly lower than the retu...