It is time for Texans to roll up their sleeves and implement health care and health insurance reform, Texas-style. The provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) aren’t perfect, but it is the law. Rather than simply resist and delay, it is time for everyone—state and federal...
Following is a re-posting of the publicly accessible portion of a R&D Report from the Quorum Report, with all applicable copyright protections. The conclusion of this post contains details on how to access the entire report. March 5, 2013      3:56 PM MOORHEAD & BUJANDA: IMPORTANT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT...
If you've ever gotten "commercial" insurance through an employer, commonly called ESI or Employer Sponsored Insurance, you had a relatively brief window to enroll in health care coverage. Whether you signed up when you were hired, or when you became eligible, you were given anywhere from a day to...
I am grateful to have the opportunity to lead Community Health Choice, an organization deeply invested in our community’s health. More than 22,421 have enrolled in Marketplace coverage via Community thus far during open enrollment. We invested in a Marketplace outreach mega-van, which as the Houston Chronicle reported “includes two offices...
9.5 million Americans are signed up for Health Insurance Marketplace so far during the open enrollment, which ends February 15, 2015. For more details, including state insights, see this news release from HHS.gov.
I read Texas State Senator Schwertner's recent news release, "Bad Medicine: Why Medicaid Expansion is the Wrong Prescription for Texas," with optimism. Despite the seeming "closed door" of the headline, the substance of the release discusses barriers to expanding Medicaid in Texas, barriers we know can be addressed. Yes, as...
Many people have asked me what I think of the recent Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  The simple answer is that, despite my reservations about some parts of the bill, it is potentially great news for Texans. Official estimates are that the ACA...
As pragmatic Texans, a central component of our debate about the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion to low-income adults is the financial aspect.  Would Texas benefit from the additional federal funds for the expansion population or will the newly insured simply be a greater drain on the state budget? To...