In Lack of Health Insurance Coverage Texas Is First

One in four people can't find affordable health insurance and lead the nation as the most uninsured people of the United States. The state government needs to do more to make health insurance affordable for Texas residents.

Fewer Doctors In Texas Are Accepting Medicare Cases

The number of Texas physicians willing to take on Medicare insurance patients is declining, according to the Texas Medical Association, and even fewer doctors are expected to do so in the future.

CMS Concerned About Texas Medicaid Overhaul Plan

CMS official Dianne Heffron questioned whether Texas plan to overhaul Medicaid by providing subsidized health coverage to 2.1 million uninsured residents would move quickly enough and be broad enough to justify relaxing federal rules.

Austin Backs Single-Payer Health Insurance Plan

Affirming that "every person deserves access to affordable, quality health care" and noting that area residents are not getting it, the Austin City Council called today for the enactment of a nonprofit, single-payer national health insurance program.

Texas Medicaid Rates Need A Boost

Urgent need to expand Texas long term care workforce to meet the growing demand for care will be severely undermined by the fact Texas' Medicaid rates rank 49th in the nation.

Texas Delays Program To Expand Coverage To Low-Income Adults

Texas plan to provide health coverage to about 482,000 uninsured parents whose children are enrolled in Medicaid or SCHIP will not begin this fall as planned.

Texas To Help Low-Income Residents Purchase Health Insurance

Texas Health and Human Services Commission submitted a plan that would redistribute Medicaid funds for safety-net hospitals to help low-income residents purchase health insurance.

Over 850,000 Texas Eligible Children Not Enrolled In SCHIP

More than 850,000 of Texas' 1.5 million uninsured children are eligible for SCHIP or Medicaid but are not enrolled in the programs.

Texas SCHIP Has Sufficient Funding To Continue Coverage

Texas has sufficient money from existing federal allotments to continue covering SCHIP beneficiaries for at least one year.

Precedent Launches Revolutionary Individual Health Insurance Plans In Texas

A new era in health insurance dawned today in Texas, promising affordable individual health insurance for the estimated three million uninsured young, healthy adults in the state.

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