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Medicaid Expansion
Make sure they hear today that Texans support Medicaid expansion!
Mark Corcoran - March 8, 2013
Our partners at Texas Well and Healthy are asking folks to call members of the Texas legislature and tell them you support Medicaid expansion today! Support for expanding Medicaid in Texas and across the country is gaining momentum. Read More >>
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1,600 Texans petition for action on rate hikes left pending for as long as seven months
1,600 Call For Action On Rate Hikes
Mark Corcoran - May 31, 2012
Earlier this month Progress Texas teamed up with Texas Well and Healthy in a joint effort calling on Texas legislators and Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) Commissioner Eleanor Kitzman to quit dragging their feet on reviewing unfair and unjustified insurance rate hikes. The Affordable Care Act calls for the TDI to automatically review any insurance rate hike 10% or more to determine whether or not it's a justified increase. Unfortunately, six months have passed since the first of these rate increases in TX... Read More >>
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Let's be honest about insurance rate hikes
Let's be honest about insurance rate hikes
Mark Corcoran - May 16, 2012
Thanks to President Obama and the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare, Texans should be protected from unfair and unjustified insurance rate hikes. The Affordable Care Act calls for the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) to automatically review any insurance rate hike 10% or more to determine whether or not it's a justified increase... Read More >>
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Share Your Story
Mark Corcoran - April 25, 2012
Texas Well and Healthy recently launched a new campaign asking for folks to to share their story about what the Affordable Care Act means to them. For their campaign they released the video below of Liz, a young uninsured Texan, sharing her story. Read More >>
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Nonconservative Groups Say IRS Scrutinized Them, Too
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Tea Party Not Singled Out by IRS
(TEXAS) - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives is conducting a hearing on the IRS scrutinizing 501(c)4s, and several times during the hearing there was correct push-back and clarification that progressive groups were scrutinized, as well. Two-thirds of those groups that received extra scrutiny from the IRS were not conservative. By point of... Read More »