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State Representatives hear benefits of health reform for Texans

As Texas lawmakers on the House Committee on Public Health and the House Committee on Insurance meet to discuss state implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) today, a broad coalition of organizations working to implement the legislation are touting several provisions already in effect that are helping Texans gain access to affordable coverage and updating members on the additional benefits health reform will bring in 2014. 

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TexPIRG Statement on Supreme Court's recent announcement

The Supreme Court’s decision to hear arguments on the new health reform law means that soon, the question of its constitutionality will be settled, allowing states and policymakers to focus on lowering costs for consumers without being distracted by counterproductive lawsuits.

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Nationwide Study of New Health Exchanges Shows Texas How to Lower Costs for Consumers

Many states are creating health exchanges to deliver better value for consumers, and Texas should follow their lead, according to Making the Grade, a new report by the Texas Public Interest Research Group (TexPIRG).  Health exchanges are competitive marketplaces that can empower individuals and small businesses with better, more affordable options for coverage.  Under the federal health reform law, each state will have an exchange up and running in 2014.

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Decision Overturning Health Reform Would Increase Costs for Consumers

Relying on a flawed understanding of Supreme Court precedent, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals today struck down a key element of last year’s health reform law. Unfortunately, consumers and small businesses would face significantly higher insurance premiums if the Supreme Court upholds this ruling. 

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New Health Exchange Rules put States in the Driver's Seat

Statement of TexPIRG Advocate Melissa Cubria on today’s release of federal exchange regulations.

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A Year After the ACA, State Legislature Holds the Key to Lower Costs

A year after the passage of the new federal health care law, fierce political debate continues, but here in Texas, provisions of the law are beginning to help consumers and businesses. Small business are claiming tax credits to help them cope with the rising cost of coverage, and families won’t see their adult children kicked off the family health insurance plan just because they graduate from college or turn 21.

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Bipartisan Health Care Fix Wins Obama Endorsement

The bipartisan Empowering States to Innovate Act (S. 248), which enables states to develop inventive policy solutions to the rising costs and dysfunctional insurance markets that plague our health care system, is a win-win for consumers and small businesses in states across the country.

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Effective State Exchange Key to Lower Health Costs for Texas Consumers

Texas policy-makers can address rising health care costs by implementing an effective health insurance exchange, according to the first in a new series of policy briefs released today by consumer advocacy group TexPIRG.

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Senate Defeats Health Care Repeal

Opponents of last year's health care reform law were defeated in the Senate today in their attempt to attach a health care repeal amendment to a bill about the Federal Aviation Administration. Passage of the repeal amendment would have driven health care costs for American consumers and businesses sky-high.

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