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Written by CPPP Health and Wellness Intern Julia Von Alexander Currently there have been 49 recorded cases of people with Zika virus in Texas, almost all acquired from foreign travel. But experts believe that mosquitos carrying Zika will come to the Gulf Coast soon. While Texas has started a campaign telling people to protect themselves from mosquito […]
In November, the U.S. Health and Human Service (HHS) released a report comparing plan benefits and cost-sharing under the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to benefits and cost-sharing in plans offered on the Health Insurance Marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The big takeaway from this report is that CHIP health coverage in all 36 states […]
Children up to age 19 can enroll in Medicaid and CHIP year round. About half of Texas’s one million uninsured children are eligible for Medicaid or CHIP. Many parents of these eligible children may not realize that there is no deadline for these two programs. It is critically important that everyone who has been working […]
Updated: Our April 18th blog post reported that the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA) estimated 652,000 Texans with mental health conditions or substance use disorders are in the Coverage Gap. However, AMHCA’s analysis is based on an estimate of 2.3 million Texans who could benefit from a broad Medicaid expansion, including legal immigrants and […]
Undeniably, there is a lot of buzz right now around the new health care law. Here are some key points we keep hearing: If you’re between the ages of 19 – 64 and don’t have health insurance, visit Healthcare.gov to find competitively priced coverage options that meet your needs and budget; The open enrollment period […]
A Georgetown University Center for Children and Families report released today found some surprising news for Texas children. Even though the state continues to have the most uninsured children in the nation, the Lonestar State has made real progress in covering kids, with about a quarter of a million fewer uninsured children than it had […]
