Texas Health Insurance

Health insurance in Texas is not very common among adults. Some figures show that only about half of the population in the state is covered by health insurance. Unfortunately, this means that adults without insurance do not have coverage for their children.
Because of this, the state has recently expanded the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or [...]

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Health insurance is something that many Texas residents seem to be willing to live without. Unfortunately, this puts them at great risk. No one ever plans to get sick or to be in a disaterous accident. However, these things do occur on a daily basis.
Having health insurance greatly reduces the financial burden of hospital expenses [...]

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Proposed health care changes would create an option for a public health insurance plan. However, Texas’ delegates are split along party lines on their support, or lack thereof, of the changes.
Texas’ two senators and three of its representatives have expressed their opposition to the changes for various reasons. The one Democratic representative has expressed his [...]

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In 2008, approximately 1 in 7 Americans were lacking health insurance coverage. Around 43.8 million Americans did not have insurance as compared to 43.1 million in 2007. According to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, unemployment is largely to blame.
Statistics show that 17% of the population under 65 lacked health insurance last year. Texas [...]

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