Tag Archives: Affordable Care Act
Ken Paxton Wants to Eliminate the ACA’s Pre-Existing Condition Protections. How Would That Affect Texans?
More than a quarter of adults in Texas have a pre-existing condition that could make them unable to get health coverage without the ACA’s requirements.
The stories aren’t hard to find: the young uninsured woman who was hit with a $137,000 bill for brain cancer treatment. The woman whose insurance company dela...Read More
With Trump Cuts, Obamacare Enrollment is a Volunteer Affair in Rural Texas
In Bastrop County, advocates have about $100 to get the word out to tens of thousands of Texans.
In a back room of the Smithville Public Library, Ginger Redden passes around a donation jar to the volunteers gathered around the conference table. They take tu...Read More
High Insurance Costs are Keeping Texans Uninsured
Texans are better informed than ever when it comes to Obamacare, but many are still unable to afford coverage.
A new survey found that Texans are better informed than ever when it comes to Obamacare, but that high costs are still keeping many uninsured....Read More
Despite Progress, Texas Leads in Uninsured Hispanic Kids
The number of uninsured Hispanic children in Texas is dropping after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, but the state is still tied with Georgia for...Read More
State of Texas: What Obamacare Has Done for Texas
From 2013 to 2014, the percentage of Texans without insurance dropped from about 22 percent to 19 percent. The bad news: Texas remains No. 1 in the nation for t...Read More
Insurgent Medicine
Physicians hope to revolutionize health care in the Valley with a simple prescription — access.
If community outreach and primary care for the uninsured save lives and money, why aren’t we doing more of it in places like the Valley? The answer lies partl...Read More
What Repealing the Hyde Amendment Would Mean for Texas
The EACH Woman Act would have a huge impact for poor women in Texas, who tend to also be women of color, supporters of the resolution say. More than 1 million T...Read More
Supreme Court Saves Affordable Care Act Subsidies
Texans enrolled in the Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace can rest easy. The Supreme Court has upheld federal subsidies that help make health cove...Read More
Committee Considers Ban on Abortion Coverage in Obamacare Health Plans
The bill would ban coverage for abortion procedures in private insurance plans offered through the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchange....Read More