Affordable Care Act
State Bureaucratic Backlog Keeps Obamacare Workers Silent And On Sidelines
Posted on · Advocacy groups say Texas regulators aren't approving Obamacare healthcare navigators quickly enough.
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Good, Bad and Ugly
Texans Sign Up for Healthcare, A New Craft Beer Fest & Rhino Hunting: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of Houston News
Posted on · More than 118,000 Texans signed up for health insurance through the online marketplaces by the end of 2013; a new craft beer festival is coming to Houston; and in a closed door Dallas auction last weekend a man won a permit to hunt an endangered African black rhino in Namibia: It’s The Good, The Bad […]
Houston Matters
What’s Ahead for Obamacare in 2014?
Posted on · Now that it’s 2014, do you have new healthcare coverage under the Affordable Care Act? Have you used it yet or are you planning to? We hear about your experience and answer your questions on Obamacare.
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Health and Human Services Secy. Sebelius Visits Houston
Posted on · Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is in Houston today. Perhaps no other Obama administration official, save for President Obama himself, has been on the firing line more amid the troubled roll-out of the final phase of the Affordable Care Act. We have details on the Secretary's visit, and on rules the Texas Department […]
Houston Matters
Health Exchanges Open – But Do They Work?
Posted on · Weâre two days into the signup process for the Affordable Care Actâs provisions for uninsured to receive health insurance via exchanges. Howâs it going so far here in Houston and along the Gulf Coast? We found out by speaking with Mario Castillo from Enroll America, an organization dedicated to help enroll uninsured Americans in health […]
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Statewide Look at the Affordable Care Act
Posted on · In our fourth installment of the Affordable Care Act implementation, as the October 1st enrollment time nears, Craig Cohen spoke with Texas’ Health and Human Services Director Marjorie Petty. He was also joined by KUHF”S Health and Science Reporter Carrie Feibel. Our previous installments: http://www.houstonmatters.org/segments/segment-c/2013/08/29/demystifying-the-affordable-care-act-for-houstonians http://www.houstonmatters.org/segments/segment-c/2013/09/05/the-affordable-care-act-for-those-houstonians-who-are-self-employed-and-unemployed http://www.houstonmatters.org/segments/segment-c/2013/09/12/navigating-health-care-options-for-the-affordable-care-act-in-houston
Full Show
Houston Matters for Thurs., Sept. 19, 2013
Posted on · Weâve explored Houstonâs diversity many times on this program. Weâve also examined how the Montrose neighborhood in Houston, in particular, has long had a reputation for being gay-friendly. Many Houstonians also point to one of our political leaders as a demonstration of how weâre ahead of the curve, as the only major city with a […]