Texas Children Insurance News

County updates immunization policy

As of Jan. 1, the Texas Department of State Health Services mandated that privately insured children are no longer eligible for the Texas Vaccines For Children (TVFC) immunizations in public health clinics.

Shots for all is no more at local health departments

Shots for all is no more at local health departments Beaumont Enterprise Copyright 2012 Beaumont Enterprise. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 06:05 a.m., Saturday, February 18, 2012 A mandate by the Texas Department of State Health Services, which oversees local public health departments, states that children who have ...

Gas prices, Josh Hamilton, gay marriage, contraception, health insurance rates

I can think of any number of reasons why one would not vote for President Barack Obama for re-election (lack of sufficient oversight in stimulus spending, for one), but as long as those on the right like letter writer Craig Buzbee on Sunday depend on half-truths and outright falsehoods in their attack, they are not fooling anyone with a memory. (See: "Not better off")

Connections for Cardiovascular HealthSM Announces Grant to Sustainable Food Center

The AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation program, Connections for Cardiovascular HealthSM, today announced a grant of more than $202,000 to Sustainable Food Center in Austin to support the center’s Sprouting Healthy Kids/Cultivating Healthy Communities program.

Texas slow to move on health-care reforms

Texas slow to move on health-care reforms Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 07:48 p.m., Monday, February 13, 2012 Texas is almost alone among the nation's largest states in failing to start work on a key piece of the Affordable Care Act, as legislators and state agencies ...