Texas Health Insurance

Health care in Texas ranks among the worst in the nation. A new study realeased by the health care-oriented Commonwealth Fund ranked Texas 46th among the 50 states for health care.
Texas was ranked last in access to health care and in measure of how minorities and low-income patients fared in the state’s medical system. Texas [...]

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In 2007, the CDC released national statistics of people lacking insurance. The information came from interviews of more than 100,000 households across the nation. That study showed some unfortunate numbers.
According to the study, 43.6 million Americans, or 14.8%, did not have insurance in 2006. When broken down by state, Texas showed that 23.8% of residents [...]

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A coalition of four Texas interest groups has issued a call to reform the Texas health insurance market in order to make private and small group health insurance policies more affordable for the average Texan.
Four organizations – the Texas Public Interest Research Group, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), Texas Impact, and [...]

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