Texas Health Insurance

HSA stands for “health savings account.” A health savings account is a tax exempt trust or custodial account that is created for the purpose of paying medical expenses for beneficiaries. An HAS allows you to pay for current and future eligible medical, dental and vision expenses.
The money you add to your HSA is federally tax [...]

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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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Family health care insurance premiums rose between four and five-times faster that earnings from 2000 to 2009 for Texas workers. The findings were reported by the consumer advocacy group, Families USA.
According to the report, average annual health insurance premiums in the workplace increased from $6,638 to $12,721, while Texas workers’ average earnings rose from $23,032 [...]

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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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