Texas Health Insurance

Pennsylvania’s attorney general has filed suit against a Texas company for collecting employee contributions for health coverage but never paying premiums.
The PA AG Tom Corbett announced that his office has filed a lawsuit against Turbine Airfoil Designs. A statement released by Corbett explains the reason for the lawsuit. “We have dozens of complaints from [...]

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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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A Census Bureau report that came out Thursday shows that over a quarter of Texans are without health insurance. The report takes a two year average ending in 2008, showing a total of 5.9 million Texans without insurance. That’s 25.1% of all Texas residents.
While Texas does not have the most uninsured residents, California has 6.7 [...]

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Statistics from the US Census Bureau show that the highest percentages of uninsured children occur in the southwest. New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas all have 14% or more of their children uninsured.
In Texas alone, the Census Bureau’s data shows 1.4 million children, or 21.5%, without insurance. The state leads the nation in uninsured [...]

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There has been a great deal of debate about health care recently. Some believe that a socialized system would benefit people most while others believe that less government control and more competition between insurers will bring down the cost of insurance.
Either way, however, there are millions of Americans without insurance right now. Unfortunately, some of [...]

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