Last week, the state issued a pretty important report. It was basically a report card on how Medicaid managed care plans were performing on key child health benchmarks. I’m really interested in this information, and you should be, too. First of all, Texas pays private health plans to manage the care of kids in Medicaid [...]
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How good are Texas’ Medicaid plans at keeping kids healthy?
Posted in Children's health, Medicaid, tagged children's Medicaid, Medicaid, Tarrant County, Texas Medicaid, Texas Medicaid managed care, Texas Medicaid performance, Texas Medicaid plans, Texas Medicaid quality on January 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations, Texas! You’re the Second Most Improved!
Posted in Children's health, Children's health insurance program, CHIP, health reform, Medicaid, uninsured, tagged children's health insurance program, children's Medicaid, l, Medicaid, Tarrant County uninsured, Texas uninsured, uninsured children Texas on December 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Texas does not lead the nation in percentage of uninsured children. That privilege goes to Nevada. We’re second. That was the news this week from Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, which analyzed 2010 Census Data on uninsured children. (Click here to read the report.) The Institute also found that some states have done a much [...]
Texas’ recipe for generating more uninsured
Posted in Children's health insurance program, CHIP, Medicaid, Texas Medicaid, uninsured, tagged children's health insurance program, Employer health insurance, Medicaid, Tarrant County uninsured, Texas uninsured, uninsured children Texas on November 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Texas is widely hailed as a low-cost state. That’s true, but not for healthcare. Texans paid the 12th highest health insurance premiums in 2010, according to a new study from the Commonwealth Fund. Why is healthcare so costly here? Well, if four people went out to dinner, and one couldn’t pay, what would happen? The [...]
Survey says: Medicaid and CHIP families like their coverage
Posted in Children's health, Children's health insurance program, CHIP, health reform, Medicaid, Texas Medicaid, uninsured on November 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, the most comprehensive survey yet was released of parents’ perceptions about and satisfaction with Medicaid and CHIP. All 1,936 respondents surveyed were from households at or below 250% of the Federal Poverty Level. Nearly one-third had a child with employer coverage, one-third had a child on CHIP or Medicaid, and one-third had a [...]
Comparing Medicaid managed care across the states
Posted in Children's health insurance program, Medicaid, Texas Medicaid, tagged children's Medicaid, CHIP, Medicaid, Tarrant County CHIP, Tarrant County uninsured, uninsured children Texas on September 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured released its “Profile of Medicaid Managed Care Programs in 2010: Findings from a 50-State Survey.” Nearly all privately insured Americans have been in managed care plans for a couple decades, but Medicaid has been a laggard. It’s catching up. About three-fourths of all Medicaid members [...]
Children’s Medicaid/CHIP enrollment up in September
Posted in Children's health, Children's health insurance program, Medicaid, tagged children's health, children's health insurance program, children's Medicaid, CHIP, Medicaid, Tarrant County uninsured, Texas uninsured, uninsured children Texas on September 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Enrollment in children’s Medicaid and CHIP continues to grow in Tarrant County and statewide. Tarrrant County hit another new record in September: 144,964 children now depend on Medicaid 39,695 depend on CHIP Tarrant County enrollment is up 7.7% over a year ago. Texas enrollment hit a new record, too: 2.35 million kids now depend on [...]
Holding up the safety net
Posted in Children's health, Children's health insurance program, CHIP, Medicaid, Texas Medicaid, uninsured, tagged children's health insurance program, children's Medicaid, CHIP, Everman schools, Medicaid, safety net, Tarrant County CHIP, Tarrant County uninsured, Texas uninsured on August 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been an interesting week with all the hot air and hot weather. Thanks to an outcry from advocates, Medicaid was exempted from the federal budget cuts. If you want to read more detail on the agreement and what led up to it, click here for some great slides “What’s the Deal” from the Interreligious Working Group [...]
Be the angels among us
Posted in Children's health, Children's health insurance program, CHIP, Medicaid, tagged children's Medicaid, Employer health insurance, health reform, Medicaid, Tarrant County CHIP, Tarrant County uninsured, uninsured children Texas on August 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Remember that Alabama song “Angels Among Us”? When life held troubled times, and had me down on my knees There’s always been someone to come along and comfort me I believe there are angels among us Sent down to us from somewhere up above They come to you and me in our darkest hours To [...]
Listening for our kids in a noisy world
Posted in access, Children's health, Children's health insurance program, CHIP, health reform, Medicaid, Texas Medicaid, uninsured, tagged children's health, children's Medicaid, Tarrant County CHIP, Tarrant County uninsured, uninsured children Texas on July 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s so hot here in Dallas-Fort Worth; it’s hard to know what’s going on beyond the heat outside and political heat in DC. What really gets me steamed, though, is how much of the DC rhetoric is framed in partisan terms. Call me an outlier, but I don’t care what party you’re from. I want [...]
Enrollment in children’s Medicaid/CHIP rebounds in July
Posted in Children's health insurance program, CHIP, Medicaid, Texas Medicaid, uninsured, tagged children's Medicaid, Medicaid, Tarrant County uninsured on July 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Good news. More of our children have coverage. After a dip last month, enrollment gains are back. Click on the chart to enlarge.
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