Democrats pushed the Texas Department of Insurance to justify proposed state rules on the federal navigator program at a hearing on Monday.
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Funds, Reforms Bring New Hope for Mental Health Care in Texas
Advocates see cause for optimism in the unprecedented amount of funding state lawmakers dedicated to mental health services, and in federal health care reform’s emphasis on mental health care.
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Criticism of Additional Rules for Health Care Navigators Dominates at TDI Hearing
Proponents and critics of federal health care reform came to a hearing Friday at Texas Department of Insurance hearing to consider proposed additional regulation of federal health care navigators.
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In North Texas, ACA Navigators Under Fire
Organizations charged with hiring “navigators” to help the uninsured buy coverage in the federal marketplace have come under intense scrutiny, particularly in North Texas, over allegations of poor oversight and misdeeds.
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Reports Detail Number of Minorities in “Coverage Gap”
Minorities make up nearly three-quarters of the uninsured adults in the “coverage gap” created when Texas declined to expand Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act, according to new reports released Tuesday.
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Video: A Hard-Copy Approach to ACA Signups
Many Rio Grande Valley residents enrolling for health coverage through the Affordable Care Act opt for the paper application, largely avoiding the federal online marketplace. But the paper process poses its own challenges.
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More Texans Purchase Health Plans in Federal Insurance Marketplace
Texas has the second-highest number of people who have purchased health plans through the embattled online insurance marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act.
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For HIV Patients in Texas, Expanded Insurance Coverage Can Be Elusive
Many HIV patients in Texas are ineligible for subsidies on the new federal health care exchange. Add the state’s decision to not expand Medicaid, and the bulk of those patients are missing out on expanded health coverage.
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State Gets Federal OK to Boost Medicaid Payments
UPDATED: A year after Texas was slated to increase Medicaid payments to primary care physicians under the Affordable Care Act, the state has received federal approval to implement the change.
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Janek Questions Temporary Medicaid Fix for Insurance Marketplace
Texas Health Commissioner Kyle Janek raised concerns Tuesday about a temporary process set up by the Obama administration to transfer applications for Medicaid from the federal insurance marketplace to the state.
