Health Insurance

Texas' largest nonprofit health system and its largest health insurer first announced in June that they were at odds over reimbursement rates for health care costs.

Construction workers broke ground on the Del Valle Health and Wellness Center back in 2022, but then things stalled. The growing area has long been a health care desert.

The health system and the insurer now have until October to finalize a new contract and keep benefits intact for thousands of policyholders.

Policyholders will no longer be able to receive health insurance through Ascension Personalized Care beginning in January.

One Central Texas patient did not know whether she'd have to pay out of pocket for tests following a cancer diagnosis.

Thousands of patients will lose in-network benefits through the hospital system if the two entities cannot reach a contract agreement before the deadline.

Lirios Pediatrics is believed to be the only clinic in the state that exclusively serves uninsured children — for free.

Almost 90% of Texans live in a county where there's not enough mental health providers, according to a new report.

Mission Plasticos, which recently expanded into Austin, helps provide free reconstructive surgery for uninsured and underinsured women.

A partnership between Dell Medical School and CommUnityCare caused rates of lifesaving screening among low-income and uninsured patients to shoot up. Now, program leaders want to scale the initiative across Texas.