Download or read book Medicaid Expansion in Texas written by Benjamin D. Sommers and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texas is one of nearly 20 states yet to expand its Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and is home to the largest number of uninsured Americans of any state in the country. For many of the state's 5 million uninsured, this decision has left them without an option for affordable health insurance. A comparison with other Southern states that have expanded Medicaid shows how this decision has left many low-income Texans less able to afford their medical bills, to pay for needed prescription drugs, and to obtain regular care for chronic conditions. These problems have been compounded by the state opposition to outreach and enrollment assistance for many Texans who are eligible for coverage under the ACA. Ongoing efforts from stakeholders and consumer groups to persuade state leaders to expand coverage have significant implications for the well-being of millions of low-income adults in Texas.
Download or read book Expanding the Medicaid Program in Texas written by Anne Dunkelberg and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Expanding Health Care Coverage for the Uninsured in Texas written by David C. Warner and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Texas Health Coverage Lags as Medicaid Expands in U S written by Jason L. Saving and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texas is one of a handful of states declining to expand Medicaid coverage as part of the national health care program. The state has the largest number of uninsured residents, though more people have signed up for the low income health plan this year.
Download or read book The Benefits of and the Obstacles to Medicaid Program Expansion written by Texas Research League and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Coordination and Implementation of the Affordable Care Act in Texas written by Asha Staudt Daneel and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) seeks to increase the low-income population's access to health care coverage by expanding Medicaid eligibility and providing subsidies to individuals meeting certain income thresholds. The citizens of Texas would benefit greatly from the ACA provisions, as the state offers limited opportunities for individuals to access insurance, evidenced by the 6.3 million residents without health care coverage. But political leaders in Texas have a long-standing commitment to limited government, low taxes, and states' rights in a federal system of government. In the 1990s, Texas legislators, with bipartisan support, laid the groundwork over the last decade for the minimal, yet significant preparations that administration used to coordinate ACA implementation. Yet legislators' commitment to limited government and states' rights placed additional constraints on the ability of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to implement ACA provisions by refusing to utilize the 82nd legislative session to prepare the state for impending deadlines. Instead, administrators developed an interagency effort, the Eligibility Modernization Project (EMP), to streamline eligibility determinations and increase clients' access to information and services. EMP's initiatives mirror ACA provisions, but also seeks to achieve policy goals that both Republican and Democratic legislators support, such as providing effective and efficient eligibility determinations. Nevertheless, legislators and administrators must go beyond EMP's efforts to adequately prepare the eligibility system for impending ACA deadlines. Policy recommendations include further streamlining and integrating the health subsidy system with a state-based health insurance exchange, increasing access to coverage by expanding Medicaid eligibility, adequately preparing the workforce for changes, and promoting long-term planning. These solutions will provide a sounder infrastructure for HHSC to prepare for ACA coordination and implementation, while increasing access to health care coverage for the low-income population.
Download or read book Medicaid expansion in Texas written by Linda Michele Bulkeley and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Effects of Texas Decision to Opt out of Medicaid Expansion on Public Health written by Veneshia Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The decision of Texas policymakers to opt-out of Medicaid expansion has left over 1.5 million of its eligible citizens uninsured. Without health coverage, preventative care measures, such as heart disease and cancer screenings, are often delayed resulting in poorer health outcomes. The effects of this delay could result in increased health disparities between expansion and nonexpansion states. This research study is a qualitative analysis of historical data and public health statistics comparing the health outcomes of Texas' expansion eligible citizens against those of similar demographics in Medicaid expanded states. This research determined that Texas scored lower in social determinants of health (SDOH) related to healthcare access and financial security, resulting in lower public health scores than expansion states. As such, in the interest of public health, Texas policymakers should reevaluate their position on Medicaid expansion.
Download or read book Expanding Medicaid in Texas written by Billy Hamilton Consulting and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Utilizing federal waiver flexibility to expand Medicaid to adults in Texas written by Elizabeth Raye Kegler and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The expansion of Medicaid to cover mental health services in Texas written by Nicholas Lock Hoover and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Financial Impact of Proposed Managed Care Expansion in Texas written by Texas Health and Human Services Commission and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Only One Rational Choice written by Perryman Group and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Modernization of the Texas Medicaid Program written by Texas. Medicaid Reform Workgroup and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Federalism and Health Policy written by Alan Weil and published by The Urban Insitute. This book was released on 2003 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The balance between state and federal health care financing for low-income people has been a matter of considerable debate for the last 40 years. Some argue for a greater federal role, others for more devolution of responsibility to the states. Medicaid, the backbone of the system, has been plagued by an array of problems that have made it unpopular and difficult to use to extend health care coverage. In recent years, waivers have given the states the flexibility to change many features of their Medicaid programs; moreover, the states have considerable flexibility to in establishing State Children's Health Insurance Programs. This book examines the record on the changing health safety net. How well have states done in providing acute and long-term care services to low-income populations? How have they responded to financial incentives and federal regulatory requirements? How innovative have they been? Contributing authors include Donald J. Boyd, Randall R. Bovbjerg, Teresa A. Coughlin, Ian Hill, Michael Housman, Robert E. Hurley, Marilyn Moon, Mary Beth Pohl, Jane Tilly, and Stephen Zuckerman.
Download or read book Texas Department of Health Medicaid written by Texas. Department of Health and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This TDH website provides links to the Texas Health Steps (THSteps), the Children's Health Insurance Plan, DME Provider Information, health care financing, new Medicaid expansion for teenagers, and kidney health care.
Download or read book Fragmented Democracy written by Jamila Michener and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicaid is the single largest public health insurer in the United States, covering upwards of 70 million Americans. Crucially, Medicaid is also an intergovernmental program that yokes poverty to federalism: the federal government determines its broad contours, while states have tremendous discretion over how Medicaid is designed and implemented. Where some locales are generous and open handed, others are tight-fisted and punitive. In Fragmented Democracy, Jamila Michener demonstrates the consequences of such disparities for democratic citizenship. Unpacking how federalism transforms Medicaid beneficiaries' interpretations of government and structures their participation in politics, the book examines American democracy from the vantage point(s) of those who are living in or near poverty, (disproportionately) Black or Latino, and reliant on a federated government for vital resources.
