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This year, nearly 4 million Texans received an enhanced premium tax credit to make their ACA health plans more affordable. North Texas health and community leaders want people to reach out to their lawmakers about extending the credit.

Commissioners Roderick Miles Jr. and Alisa Simmons were not in attendance at the Sept. 16 meeting. Despite having a majority, the Tarrant County Commissioners Court was unable to vote on adopting the new hospital tax rate, which was capped by the court at 16.50 cents per $100 earlier this month.

At Wednesday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony for JPS Health Network’s Psychiatric Emergency Center, District 9 council member Elizabeth Beck asked people to close their eyes and raise their hands if they or someone they know struggled with mental illness.

In the coming weeks, she and other Tarrant County health system representatives will focus their efforts on Austin as Texas lawmakers convene for the 89th legislative session, which will run from Jan. 14 to June 2.

JPS’s board of managers unanimously agreed to transfer $303.4 million from the hospital district’s operating cash to the JPS Future Fund Dec. 12. The future fund is money set aside for the purpose of major renovations identified and approved by the board.

Amy Hailey knows not every new mother has a positive experience with the maternal health care system.

This summer is not only bringing the heat but a wave of new COVID-19 infections across Tarrant County.

Some inmates at Tarrant County’s jails will no longer be charged for emergency ambulance rides, after the county’s hospital district approved a reimbursement agreement with MedStar.

She is a therapist who works with students in Tarrant County and nine other counties through a program called Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine. JPS Health Network and the University of North Texas Health Science Center run the virtual program to provide limited and free therapy to students who need mental health care.

The skyline of Magnolia Avenue will look different based on which design Tarrant County commissioners choose for a new JPS Health Network medical office building.

The Tarrant County Hospital District will lower its tax rate for the first time in several years, after county commissioners unanimously overrode the hospital board’s plan to keep the tax rate flat.

With the return of pre-pandemic Medicaid rules, nonprofits and community organizations are working to help low-income and vulnerable Texans navigate the renewal process and maintain health coverage.