Why don all Texas children have private health insurance?
The average cost of private family insurance is $11,000 a year, or $917 a month. Nearly half of working-age Texans do not receive health insurance through their jobs. The lack of employer-sponsored health insurance and the exploding costs of private insurance have left 500,000 Texas children uninsured but over the income limit for public coverage. By strengthening CHIP and Children’s Medicaid and offering new options for families who earn too much to qualify under current eligibility limits but not enough to afford private health insurance, we can cover all Texas children.
