health insurance

New Census data shows more than 16% of Texans didn’t have health insurance in 2025. Advocates warn the number could already be worse.

People who rely on those plans will have to move to a different one starting in 2027.

State and federal subsidies, though, will blunt the price increases for people with lower incomes

Every carrier selling health insurance in the two states through the Affordable Care Act marketplace hopes to raise premiums in 2027, according to preliminary rate filings with state insurance regulators. They blame rising healthcare costs.

The dashboard shows the percentage of people in a county, state Senate or House legislative district or federal congressional district enrolled in the ACA.

Lawmakers and experts pin the blame for rising insurance costs on health companies consolidating and creating less competition.

Increased insurance cost will wipe out 1% raise granted by Legislature, budget director says

The annual child wellness report Kids Count found child poverty has improved in Kansas and Missouri compared to the years before the pandemic. But both states still have tens of thousands of children without health insurance.

Cigna announced earlier this year that it is withdrawing from the individual insurance market nationwide

A new report shows Texas leading the country in its rate of uninsured children under 6.