By Barrett White Have you signed up for health insurance for 2019 through the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) yet? December 15 is the last day to enroll in a health care plan on the marketplace.Ā Ā Marketplace insurance is for those who donāt already have insurance through their employer, Medicaid, Medicare, or the Childrenās Health …
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Today we announced our health care priorities ahead of the 2019 Texas legislative session, which begins in January. Some key issues include school-based mental health services, telemedicine, and HIV prevention and treatment. Our longtime focus on non-discrimination protections and womenās health continues. The full policy portfolio can be found here. Moving forward, Legacyās government relations …
Legacy Community Health, the largest community health center in Texas, is launching a radio and digital advertising campaign to enroll Houstonians into the health insurance marketplace established under the Affordable Care Act. Enrollment begins November 1 and runs through December 15. Plans, which can now be previewed at healthcare.gov, begin in January 2019. āItās inevitable …
Legacy Community Health, the largest community health center in Texas, today opposed the Trump Administrationās effort to re-write the way transgender Americans are treated under civil rights law.Ā The Administration is looking into making the legal definition of sex as a ābiological, immutable condition,ā thereby cutting transgender people out of civil rights protections. āStigma and …
By Barrett White According to the CDC, nearly one quarter of all new HIV diagnoses in the United States were among Latino individuals, and yet Latino people make up only 3% of those receiving PrEP, the pill to prevent HIV, according to the CDCās current estimates. Launched in 2009, Greater Than AIDS is an organization …
By Barrett White Are you ready to sign up for health insurance made possible by the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare? The marketplace enrollment begins on November 1 and will work like it has in previous years. The period will be 45 days, leaving you with little time to decide on your healthcare …
The Affordable Care Act, despite its flaws, has provided millions of Americans who have a pre-existing medical condition like cancer, asthma, or Alzheimerās insurance coverage. But thereās a question as to whether those insurance protections will continue.
This year Katy Caldwell, Legacyās CEO, was named among a select few outstanding leaders in health care.
The upcoming legislative session is a doozyāand weāre prepared to help our communities through it, no matter the outcome. With Texas going up against the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare), it is our most vulnerable communities who stand to be affected the most. It is for that reason that we are committed to treat every person who walks through our doors with open arms and absolutely zero judgment, regardless of ability to pay. We always have, and always will.
By James Lee, Government Relations Manager Earlier this week, Dr. Robert Redfield, the head of the Centers for Disease Control, came out in favor of condoms and needle exchange policy as a means to combat HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Redfield previously held a longstanding view of abstinence as a means of prevention. “I …