Texas Health Insurance

Health Insurance Rates Lowest In Texas

hareyan — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:01:30 -0500

Health insurance study shows that Texas has the highest rates of uninsured. Hispanics in Texas are less likely to be covered than blacks and whites. In other words health insurance is less affordable for Hispanics.

The first ever study from U.S. Census Bureau looked at health insurance rates in very details for 2005. Data was analysed and broken down by state, race to show the exact situation in all states.

In Lack of Health Insurance Coverage Texas Is First

hareyan — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:06:52 -0500

Texas is at the top of the heap again – this time we are the most uninsured state, health care-wise, in the country. Oh wait, being without health insurance coverage is not a good thing, is it? One in four people in Texas can't afford to have health insurance.

The U.S. Census Bureau released a report today stating that the number of uninsured in America was down to just 15.3% in 2007. But not in Texas. In 2007, Lone Star state residents went from 23.9% uninsured to 24.8%.

John Greeley, public information officer for the Texas Department of Insurance told Hair Balls:

Fewer Doctors In Texas Are Accepting Medicare Cases

hareyan — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:35:47 -0500

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.

Only 58 percent of Texas physicians are taking new Medicare cases, and only 38 percent of primary care physicians are doing so, according to a study conducted by the Houston Chronicle.

Across the country, only 600,000 of 1.5 million total physicians are currently willing to treat Medicare patients, the study notes.

CMS Concerned About Texas Medicaid Overhaul Plan

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:31:54 -0500

In an Aug. 7 letter to Texas Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner Albert Hawkins, CMS official Dianne Heffron questioned whether the state's 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, the Dallas Morning News reports. Heffron wrote, "It appears that significant, comprehensive reform would not begin until September 2010."

Austin Backs Single-Payer Health Insurance Plan

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:31:50 -0500

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.

At its regular Thursday meeting, the Council voted to endorse the U.S. National Health Insurance Act, H.R. 676, sponsored by Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., and 91 other members of Congress. The vote was six in favor and one abstention.

Texas Medicaid Rates Need A Boost

hareyan — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:45:41 -0500

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

hareyan — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:07:13 -0500

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

hareyan — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:27:23 -0600

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

hareyan — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:25:05 -0600

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

hareyan — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:54:27 -0500

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