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Category: Texas
October 13, 2009
Families USA: Thousands of Wisconsinites losing health insurance
The Business Journal Serving Greater Milwaukee – An estimated 77,300 Wisconsinites lost health insurance coverage through August of this year after losing their jobs, according to a report by Families USA. The highest losses were seen in California (661,600) and Texas (396,900).
October 5, 2009
Under Senate Finance Committee Plan, High-Risk Insurance Pools Get Funding Boost
The NewsHour (PBS) – Until recently, self-employed writer Candace Talmadge, of Lancaster, Texas, was pleased with the health insurance she purchased through a small business association.
May 18, 2009
Is French health system a model for U.S.?
Dallas Morning News – PARIS – Houston native Jennifer Hua gave birth to her first two children in Texas, and her last two in France. The Houston hospital looked like a luxury hotel. The hospital in Paris was a converted prison.
March 24, 2009
Groups urge lawmakers to increase access to health care in Texas
Austin Business Journal – The Texas Hospital Association and the National Federation of Independent Business Leaders are pushing state lawmakers to increase health care accessibility in Texas.
February 27, 2009
When COBRA is de-fanged
Health Insurance Resource Center BLOG – They say everything is bigger in Texas, and sadly, they’re dead-on when it comes to this depressing statistic: that no other state in the nation has a larger percentage of residents who don’t have health insurance. According to the United Health Foundation’s 2008 report, America’s Health Rankings, 24.9 percent of Texans didn’t have health insurance. That’s more than 5 million Texans just waiting for a health care catastrophe.
Click here to see Texas’ State Health Guide.