84th Legislature Resources
In the Press
- Medicaid Blessing column Houston Chronicle
- Houston Chronicle – ‘Huge push’ ahead for health care sign ups
- Houston Chronicle: Texas’ Affordable Care Act number goes higher
- Insurers work to increase Affordable Care Act customers – Houston Chronicle
- Obamacare enrollments hit nearly 6.4 million – Houston Chronicle
- Weekend surge for Obamacare? – Politico
- 15 is the magic number for open enrollment – Houston Chronicle
- KFF – 15 is the magic number in Marketplace enrollment
- Health care signup ends 1st week with nearly 500,000 enrollments – Houston Chronicle
- Expand Medicaid – Houston Chronicle
- Obamacare’s insured struggle with premiums as 2015 enrollment begins – Gray Matters – Houston Chronicle
- I see uninsured people – Gray Matters – Houston Chronicle
- Why aren’t we talking about healthcare – TribTalk
- Some with health insurance still prefer charity care – Houston Chronicle
- Health Reform Monitoring Survey – Texas
- CHIP merits support – Houston Chronicle
- Written Testimony for Sen HHS Comm – 08-14-2014
- HHS Women’s Health Programs
- Dr. Aashish Shah – Best Practices for New Mothers
- Stubborn refusal Medicaid Houston Chronicle
- Texas, 16 Other States Report Increased Medicaid Enrollment Without Program Expansion (PDF, 197 KB)
- State disputes report of big jump in Medicaid
- Ho, Marks: Affordable Care Act is based on existing insurance structure
- Report: Canceled Health Plans Should Be Kept in Perspective
- Houston ground zero in search for uninsured (PDF, 77.9 KB)
- Obamacare Premiums: Five Things You Should Know
- Sebelius pushes Obamacare in Texas
- 30 economist: We need the individual mandate
- Texans expected to be big players in health insurance exchange (PDF, 57.6KB)
- A healthy approach to the ACA (PDF, 1.1MB)
- Inside Health Insurance Exchanges (PDF, 268.4KB)
- Obamacare penalty delay no big deal
- The Half-Trillion-Dollar Depression
- Penny wise, pound foolish
- The Affordable Care Act: Improving Incentives for Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment
- Health Official Decry Texas’ Snubbing of Medicaid Billions
- Medicaid costs driven by poverty
- TribuneFest: A Conversation With Kyle Janek
- State leaders deal with consequences of rejecting Medicaid expansion in Obama health overhaul
- Most Employers Won’t Drop Health Care Coverage Because Of Obamacare: Survey
- Zerwas offers ‘cost neutral’ alternative to Medicaid expansion
- Texas Falls Behind in Education, Health Care **see official report here
- Negotiations for a “Texas solution” to health care reform are long overdue
- More Counties for Medicaid expansion
- Fort Bend County Commissioners Court supports Medicaid expansion
- What will Perry do on Medicaid?
- Zerwas: House Medicaid Bill Will Include Williams’ Plan
- Yes, Rick Perry still hates Medicaid
- Rep. John Zerwas: The case for a Texas solution
- Moorhead: Debunking Medicaid myths
- Sen. Tommy Williams: Medicaid must be fixed before it is expanded
- Harris Health System plans to serve more patients via Medicaid waiver
- Yes, Ed Emmett supports Medicaid Expansion
- A health care blueprint made in Texas, acceptable to Washington?
- Rep. Garnet Coleman: Texas needs to expand its health care options
Infographics
- Cover All Bases (PDF, 852.7 KB)
- 8 Reasons Texans Are Uninsured (PDF, 573.7 KB)
- Truth vs. Myth About Uninsured Texans (PDF, 3.1 MB)
- Texas Population Health Insurance Coverage (PDF, 805.6 KB)
Presentations
- Presentation to House Appropriations Subcommittee on Article II: Affordable Care Act (PDF, 451 KB)
- The Affordable Care Act: Its Impact on Individuals and Employers in 2013-2014 (PDF, 808.9 KB)
- Health Care Reform: Impact on Small Employers (PDF, 829.0 KB)
- Texas Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act: A Primer (PDF, 2.0 MB)
- Ken’s Concepts for an Informed Health Care Conversation (PDF, 7.5 MB)