I have a friend who’s an executive at a health insurance company. When people ask him the biggest problem facing his company, he has a standard answer: Too many people can’t afford his product. More and more families are getting priced out of the market. Last week, Kaiser Family Foundation released its annual Employer Health [...]
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The rising cost of health insurance for families
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children's health insurance program, children's Medicaid, CHIP, Medicaid, Texas uninsured on October 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
We’ve got our work cut out for us in Tarrant County
Posted in Children's health, Children's health insurance program, CHIP, Texas Medicaid, uninsured, tagged children's health, children's health insurance program, children's Medicaid, CHIP, Medicaid, Tarrant County uninsured, Texas uninsured, uninsured children Texas on August 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome back to more hard work. Summer is over, and while the heat remains, vacations are largely a memory. Roll up your sleeves. We’re still way behind. Last week, a new Urban Institute study showed that Texas ranks first nationally in the number of children who are uninsured but eligible for Medicaid and CHIP. Of [...]
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 [...]
Why the healthcare compact could be bad for Texas kids and seniors
Posted in Children's health insurance program, health reform, Texas Medicaid, uninsured, tagged children's health, children's Medicaid, CHIP, Health care compact, Medicaid, Medicare, Tarrant County CHIP, Texas uninsured on May 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Would you trust your wallet to a guy who skips out on the check? Few of you may have heard about this, but Texas is about to enter into a “healthcare compact,” which could have a major effect on each us in years to come. Over the weekend, both the Texas House and Senate approved this [...]
The kids aren’t all right; why we need to care about state budgets
Posted in Children's health, CHIP, Medicaid, Texas Medicaid, uninsured, tagged children's health, children's health insurance program, children's Medicaid, CHIP, Tarrant County CHIP, Tarrant County uninsured, Texas uninsured on March 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Microsoft founder and impassioned healthcare philanthropist Bill Gates gave an elegant talk last month at TED about “Why We Need to Care about State Budgets.” If you’re not familiar with TED, you’re in for a real treat. TED invites the nation’s most brilliant minds to talk about new ideas that are worth spreading. The speakers [...]
The winter of our discontent
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children's health, children's Medicaid, CHIP, uninsured children Texas on January 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
With apologies to William Shakespeare… Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by eager politicians swinging budget axes You probably saw the news this week. The state is proposing to take a 10% discount on its payments to doctors and hospitals for treating poor, sick kids on Medicaid and CHIP. That prompted a lot [...]
Draw the line and summon the heroes
Posted in Children's health, Children's health insurance program, CHIP, Texas Medicaid, training, uninsured, volunteer, tagged children's health, children's Medicaid, CHIP, Tarrant County CHIP, Tarrant County uninsured, Texas uninsured on January 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Every child Please keep vigilant during the Texas legislative session, which kicked off last week. No one, no program is safe. We need to tell our legislators to draw the line when it comes to our state’s children. “Every child’s life is sacred.” Those were the words last week of Rick Merrill, CEO of Cook [...]
2,958 of our children started the year a little healthier
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children's health, children's Medicaid, CHIP, Tarrant County uninsured, Texas uninsured on January 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s important to track our progress, and that’s why I look at our CHIP/Medicaid enrollment numbers every month. We’re all trying to cover every eligible child in Tarrant County. The more who enroll, the fewer uninsured children in our community. The fewer uninsured children, the healthier our community is, and the healthier our future looks. [...]
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