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What Do The 2018 ACA Enrollment Data Tell Us? A CloserLook At ACA Enrollees In Texas And Nationally

June 5, 2018

The numbers show that an overwhelming majority of Texans enrolled in the ACA marketplace are returning enrollees and are largely shielded from the premium increases because of federal tax credits. Any discussion to eliminate the ACA marketplace without a clear policy alternative would risk adding another 1.1 million Texans to the uninsured population and returning the state uninsured rate to more than 20 percent.

How YOU can change the conversation to focus on HEALTH, not just healthcare

April 25, 2018

If we change the conversation and become focused on the importance of health, not just healthcare, we can save money and improve health outcomes.

Guest Post: Let’s address hunger and other community determinants of health

March 29, 2018

Poverty and food insecurity are “just as worthy of our attention as headaches, diabetes and asthma” says Dr. Pritesh Gandhi at People’s Community Clinic in Austin. Read about his work with EHF’s $10 million Texas Community Centered Health Homes Initiative.

Learn the difference between healthcare and health

March 18, 2018

Health care is a means to an end, and health is that end. There is no inherent value in health care, apart from its impact on health. Because we talk about health care as if it were the same as health, we miss out on opportunities to improve health that fall outside of the health care paradigm. We’re so worried about health care costs that we’ve forgotten to look at health.

Our Viewpoint: Improving population health outcomes by investing in community prevention

January 15, 2018

EHF’s Lexi Nolen writes about the development and importance of the Texas CCHH Initiative in the national Health Affairs blog.

Beyond “To Close Or Not To Close” Rural Hospitals

July 19, 2017

A new EHF report with the Rural and Community Health Institute (RCHI) at Texas A&M University looks at possible solutions for rural communities in Texas facing a hospital closure.

The American Health Care Act: a civil and moral failure

June 19, 2017

The American Health Care Act, followed by the release of the White House’s proposed budget, represent a radical departure from a core belief that held this country together for the last century – the belief that we’re all in this together. There’s a lot of talk about who is worthy of compassion, and therefore help, and who is not; the deserving poor versus the undeserving poor. Too many people seem to have confused merit with grace.

Enrollment for Affordable Care Act health insurance reaches record numbers

January 5, 2017

New numbers show enrollment for Affordable Care Act reaches a new record despite a possible repeal of the law by Congress. There’s still much communities can do to ensure more Texans sign up for health insurance NOW.

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