http://www.keyetv.com RSS feed for stories from the "Health Care Reform" section of KEYE. en-us Copyright 2012, Sinclair Broadcast Group Tue, Mar 19 2013, 02:30 PM CDT Tue, Mar 19 2013, 02:30 PM CDT SBG WCM - Story Module http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/health-law-would-cost-texas-less-than-forecast-11.shtml?wap=0 AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The health and human services commissioner has cut his estimate of what the federal health care law would cost Texas by 42 percent.

Tom Suehs estimated on Thursday that if Texas fully implemented the law, it would cost Texas $15 billion to $16 billion over 10 years. ...]]> Thu, Jul 12 2012, 02:09 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/health-law-would-cost-texas-less-than-forecast-11.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/perry-texas-wont-implement-key-elements-health-reform-10.shtml?wap=0
Texas will not expand Medicaid or establish a health insurance exchange, two major tenets of the federal health reform that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld last month, Gov. Rick Perry said in an early morning announcement. ...]]> Mon, Jul 09 2012, 01:09 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/perry-texas-wont-implement-key-elements-health-reform-10.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/is-health-care-law-budget-breaker-small-business-9.shtml?wap=0 The Affordable Care Act has survived the Supreme Court and that means a flood of new rules and options for businesses and employees. For some small businesses, the court's decision gives them a new way to shop for less expensive health insurance on state exchanges. ...]]> Mon, Jul 02 2012, 05:38 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/is-health-care-law-budget-breaker-small-business-9.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/analysis-supreme-court-upholds-obama-health-care-law-8.shtml?wap=0 One of the most closely watched legal sagas in recent memory ended Thursday with a twist few had expected and many are still parsing.

The political battle over the Affordable Care Act entered the judicial system the day President Obama signed it on March 23, 2010. ...]]> Mon, Jul 02 2012, 05:38 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/analysis-supreme-court-upholds-obama-health-care-law-8.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/texas-lagging-behind-complying-health-care-law-7.shtml?wap=0 It's no secret many of Texas' top lawmakers were hoping the Supreme Court would strike down the Affordable Care Act. That didn't happen.

While many states began working to comply with the ACA months ago, Texas did not. The state currently has no plan in place to comply with the portion of the law that deals with a health insurance exchange. ...]]> Mon, Jul 02 2012, 05:37 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/texas-lagging-behind-complying-health-care-law-7.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/who-pay-medicare-expansion-texas-6.shtml?wap=0 There is still a lot of confusion over the affordable care act. One concern is if Medicaid is expanded in Texas 1.2 million more people will become eligible and will be seeking health services. Then the question is - who will pay for the expansion?

In Texas, Medicaid is limited for children, the elderly, people with disabilities and pregnant women,

"We really don't have coverage for low income adults and that's what the expansion would do, it would give them the option to cover those adults," says Stephanie Goodman with the Health and Human Services Commission. ...]]> Mon, Jul 02 2012, 05:37 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/who-pay-medicare-expansion-texas-6.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/austin-participate-national-campaign-against-healthcare-mandate-5.shtml?wap=0 Mon, Jul 02 2012, 05:37 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/austin-participate-national-campaign-against-healthcare-mandate-5.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/texas-poor-adults-benefit-health-care-reform-4.shtml?wap=0 The Affordable Care Act makes it mandatory for people to have health insurance. If they don’t, they’ll have to pay a tax.

Rachel Quinn is a mother of four and a home healthcare worker who cares for the elderly, but she can’t afford health insurance. ...]]> Mon, Jul 02 2012, 05:36 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/texas-poor-adults-benefit-health-care-reform-4.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/ut-law-professor-gives-perspective-affordable-health-care-ruling-3.shtml?wap=0 A University of Texas law professor called the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Health Care Act fascinating and completely unexpected.

In a 5-4 vote, the justices upheld the law's individual mandate.  It ruled the government can tax citizens over whatever it wants. ...]]> Mon, Jul 02 2012, 05:36 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/ut-law-professor-gives-perspective-affordable-health-care-ruling-3.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/is-health-care-law-budget-breaker-small-business-2.shtml?wap=0 The Affordable Care Act has survived the Supreme Court and that means a flood of new rules and options for businesses and employees. For some small businesses, the court's decision gives them a new way to shop for less expensive health insurance on state exchanges. ...]]> Mon, Jul 02 2012, 05:36 PM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/is-health-care-law-budget-breaker-small-business-2.shtml?wap=0 http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/videos-coming-soon-1.shtml?wap=0 Fri, Jun 29 2012, 10:25 AM CDT http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/videos-coming-soon-1.shtml?wap=0