EHF approved $4.3 million in June to benefit 19 grant partners to empower Texas communities to make a positive change in their own health. EHF’s Board of Directors has now awarded $6.7 million in grants in 2016 to organizations working across 57 Texas counties.

The percentage of Texans without health insurance has dropped by 30 percent since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) went into effect, cutting the state’s uninsured rate below 1999 levels. That’s one of the conclusions of a new report released by the Episcopal Health Foundation (EHF) and Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Texans who bought their own health insurance were less likely to understand basic terms and how to use their plans compared with those who have Medicare, Medicaid or employee-sponsored health insurance. That’s one of the findings of a new report released by EHF and Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Close to half of Texas enrollees who participated in the 2015 open enrollment of Affordable Care Act’s Health Insurance Marketplace plans are new enrollees. Texas enrollees are also more likely to receive federal subsidies and live in urban areas. That’s according to an Episcopal Health Foundation (EHF) analysis of state-by-state statistics released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Approximately 25 percent of Texans say they lack confidence in understanding some of the most basic terminology about health insurance plans, according to a new report released by Episcopal Health Foundation (EHF) and the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University. The report found uninsured, low-income and Hispanic Texans were least likely to understand health-plan terms like “premium,” “co-payment” and “provider network.”

EHF has approved $2.2 million in February to benefit 15 new grant partners in their efforts to bring positive change to the health of communities across Texas. This is the first group of grants the Foundation’s Board of Directors has awarded in 2016.

WHAT WE FOUND: Almost 70 percent of uninsured Texans said the high cost of health insurance is the reason they remain uninsured.

Texans who participated in the 2015 open enrollment of Affordable Care Act’s Health Insurance Marketplace plans are more likely to be re-enrollees, receive federal subsidies and live in urban areas. That’s according to an Episcopal Health Foundation (EHF) analysis of state-by-state statistics released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.