Current Texas insurance issues as of February 2010Texas insurance affordability and availability issues and problems are scaled up to appropriate fit the size of everything in this state. As they say, things are bigger in Texas and that includes their health coverage problems. They just recently climbed out of being ranked in the ten most unhealthiest states in the country and sit now at a sunny 39th. They are ranked 44th in infectious
disease, 43rd in impoverished children, 43rd in public health funding, 42nd in available primary care physicians and famously, they are dead last in percentage of uninsured residents. Sure, Texas is a big state with a lot of people to cover, but with its booming economy, it somewhat defies logic. In fact a recent report states that some 9.3 million Texans, which are approximately 43 percent of the state's total population went
without insurance for some time between 2007 and 2008. Unlike other states, this is not limited to economic class. Approximately one-third of Texans making at least twice the
poverty level went without insurance sometime between 2007 and 2008. As a testament to this problem, thousands of Texans attended an event billed as the largest free clinic every held in the United States in September 2009. It would seem like this state would be wanting some leadership or assistance with this problem, but, paradoxically, this state provided some of the most spirited opposition to national health care reform, as well as a brief Secessionist movement in response to proposed national health care reform legislation. The future of this state will be interesting to ponder should health care
reform fail to pass.
Do you have a different opinion of health coverage in this state?Health coverage policies and laws obviously can change. If your experience with getting health coverage is different than what is written above, or if you just want to share your experiences with health coverage, please feel free. |