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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.
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The pandemic has overwhelmed understaffed state Medicaid agencies, and as Biden's COVID-19 public health emergency declaration ends, low-income people could find it even harder to get coverage.
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The Biden administration has asked Congress to allocate $22.5 billion more for pandemic relief. But the funding is stalled and the effects are already being felt.
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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.
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An emergency pandemic policy under the Trump and Biden administrations has led to more people covered by Medicaid in Texas, a state that has long refused to expand coverage. But it’s unclear how long those protections will last.
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Saturday is the last day for people to get health insurance through the online Affordable Care Act marketplace. Open enrollment for healthcare.gov began on Nov. 1, 2021.
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The state’s COVID-19 mental health support line has seen a spike in calls since early December as people navigate holidays amid a highly contagious new variant.
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Texans have more and cheaper 2022 health insurance plans to choose from on healthcare.gov.
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If passed, the Build Back Better bill would extend health plans to people living in Texas and the other 11 states that didn't expand Medicaid.
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More than 2 million Americans are uninsured because they live in the 12 states that didn't expand Medicaid. 60% are people of color. Will Congress help by including them in the new spending bill?
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President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered government health insurance markets to reopen for a special sign-up window, offering uninsured Americans a haven as the spread of COVID-19 remains dangerously high and vaccines aren’t yet widely available.
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“One-third of the total increase in the number of uninsured children from 2016 to 2019 live in Texas,” researchers wrote.