http://www.texinsurance.org (866)747-7913 Toll Free Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:02:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Doctors and health insurance carriers in Texas are not too pleased with each other at the moment. Doctors are disgruntled about denied claims and lower reimbursements, and health insurers say that docs are over-treating patients and driving up the cost of health care. Doctors point out that health ... http://www.texinsurance.org/2008/07/22/doctors-versus-health-insurance-companies/ Texas Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner Albert Hawkins has announced that a plan to provide health care to thousands of currently uninsured, low-income Texans will not be implemented by this fall, as originally intended.  It now looks like it will take another two or three years to get the ... http://www.texinsurance.org/2008/04/10/low-income-health-care-on-hold/ SMDC health systems in MN has decided to walk the walk when it comes to commitment to lowering drug costs and avoiding a conflict of interests between patient needs and pharmaceutical sales tactics. The hospital system has rounded up all the promotional pharmaceutical gizmos and gadgets - and 18,781 ... http://www.texinsurance.org/2008/01/19/idea-for-texas-hospitals/ Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, has come up with a plan to provide health insurance to uninsured children in the Texas child support system.  Texas state and federal law already require that non-custodial parents ensure that their children have health insurance, but that doesn't mean that all of them do.  ... http://www.texinsurance.org/2008/01/15/an-attempt-to-insure-more-texas-children/ The Texas 80th Regular Legislative Session has now concluded. As a result of all the bills passed, only two will impact individual health insurance products. A brief description of these bills, along with actions taken by health insurance companies doing business in Texas, is provided below. HB 1919 - This bill expands ... http://www.texinsurance.org/2008/01/07/effects-of-texas-legislative-session-on-health-insurance/ Texas has a long history of hard working people digging in their heels and getting by.  It's not a state that tends to offer government handouts or entitlements on a whim.  The lack of state programs to provide health care for poor Texans is reflected in the state of the health ... http://www.texinsurance.org/2008/01/05/insuring-all-texans-an-uphill-battle/ Health care reform and finding a way to insure the uninsured has become a major issue over the last year, and promises to remain in the spotlight for at least the rest of 2008, as every leading presidential candidate has made health care reform at least a part of his ... http://www.texinsurance.org/2008/01/02/texas-uninsured-situation-hurts-us-all/ CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush signed a temporary extension of SCHIP into law until March 31, 2009 today.  Democrats wanted to bring it up for renewal sooner so it would be in discussion just before the presidential elections in 2008, but senate republicans forced a longer extension so the next ... http://www.texinsurance.org/2007/12/30/bush-signs-schip-into-law/ In an attempt to reduce the reliance on expensive, hospital-based care to make primary and preventive care affordable for the working poor, Texas is creating a new state-administered "Health Opportunity Pool."  The plan submitted to the federal government is supposed to increase the number of people in Texas with health ... http://www.texinsurance.org/2007/12/29/texas-medicaid-reform-health-insurance/ As 2008 approaches, we're changing the structure of texinsurance.org to a "blog" setup.  This is mainly due to the rapidly changing health insurance industry in Texas.  Because the site will be structured as a blog, it will now be more interactive.  This will allow our clients and all texinsurance.org visitors ... http://www.texinsurance.org/2007/12/28/texinsuranceorg-has-changed/