/tags/affordable-care-act Affordable Care Act en-US Copyright Fri, 10 Jan 2025 11:00:00 GMT /health-wellness/2025-01-10/aca-marketplace-enrollment-deadline-north-texas-navigators-health-insurance Open enrollment ends Jan. 15. Groups including LBU Community Clinic, Prism Health North Texas and United Way of Metropolitan Dallas offer help navigating the ACA marketplace. Fri, 10 Jan 2025 11:00:00 GMT /health-wellness/2025-01-10/aca-marketplace-enrollment-deadline-north-texas-navigators-health-insurance Kailey Broussard /texas-news/2024-12-10/federal-judge-blocks-rule-that-would-have-given-daca-recipients-access-to-health-coverage The temporary injunction issued Monday would affect roughly 90,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients in Texas. Tue, 10 Dec 2024 12:30:37 GMT /texas-news/2024-12-10/federal-judge-blocks-rule-that-would-have-given-daca-recipients-access-to-health-coverage Jaden Edison | The Texas Tribune /texas-news/2024-09-27/despite-warnings-texas-rushed-to-remove-millions-from-medicaid-eligible-residents-lost-care Texas officials acknowledged some errors after they stripped Medicaid coverage from more than 2 million people, most of them children. A ProPublica and Texas Tribune review of records shows that these mistakes and others were preventable. Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:19:39 GMT /texas-news/2024-09-27/despite-warnings-texas-rushed-to-remove-millions-from-medicaid-eligible-residents-lost-care Eleanor Klibanoff | The Texas Tribune, Lomi Kriel | The Texas Tribune and ProPublica /news/2024-05-09/eligibility-for-affordable-care-act-health-insurance-extended-to-daca-recipients-what-it-means The federal government estimates as many as 100,000 people in the DACA program could be eligible to enroll in a health care plan through the Affordable Care Act. Thu, 09 May 2024 10:00:00 GMT /news/2024-05-09/eligibility-for-affordable-care-act-health-insurance-extended-to-daca-recipients-what-it-means Stella M. Chávez | The Texas Newsroom, Justin Martin /health-wellness/2024-01-30/aca-enrollment-texas-2024 Almost 3.5 million Texans signed up for an Affordable Care Act plan during open enrollment, a record high for the state. Tue, 30 Jan 2024 12:00:00 GMT /health-wellness/2024-01-30/aca-enrollment-texas-2024 Elena Rivera /health-wellness/2023-12-06/health-insurance-marketplace-texas About 1.4 million Texans have gotten kicked off Medicaid this year, which means health insurance navigators have seen more folks looking for options. Wed, 06 Dec 2023 17:04:22 GMT /health-wellness/2023-12-06/health-insurance-marketplace-texas Elena Rivera /texas-news/2022-09-21/texas-again-has-the-highest-uninsured-rate-in-the-country One in four working-age Texans went without insurance last year. Wed, 21 Sep 2022 16:00:00 GMT /texas-news/2022-09-21/texas-again-has-the-highest-uninsured-rate-in-the-country Andrew Weber /health-wellness/2022-09-14/how-a-texas-court-decision-threatens-affordable-care-act-protections The ACA has required health insurers to provide many medical screenings and other preventive services with no out-of-pocket cost to health plan members. But a recent court decision could upend that. Wed, 14 Sep 2022 12:24:23 GMT /health-wellness/2022-09-14/how-a-texas-court-decision-threatens-affordable-care-act-protections Harris Meyer /health-wellness/2022-08-09/preventive-care-such-as-birth-control-anti-hiv-medicine-challenged-in-texas-lawsuit Some object to paying for health insurance plans that cover preventive services that they say violate their religious beliefs, which could cause millions to lose access to care if the courts agree. Tue, 09 Aug 2022 13:46:05 GMT /health-wellness/2022-08-09/preventive-care-such-as-birth-control-anti-hiv-medicine-challenged-in-texas-lawsuit Allison Aubrey /health-wellness/2022-01-28/record-number-of-texans-signed-up-for-2022-affordable-care-act-plans The previous record was set in 2016, when 1.3 million Texans signed up for health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act during open enrollment. Fri, 28 Jan 2022 21:15:26 GMT /health-wellness/2022-01-28/record-number-of-texans-signed-up-for-2022-affordable-care-act-plans Sascha Cordner | The Texas Newsroom