Statistics don’t lie. According to The Official Portal of Texas from Texas Online, one in every four Texans is without health insurance. In addition The Daily Texan reports that the state of Texas has the “highest percentage of children without medical health insurance” and “holds the highest percentage of adults without a high school diploma” (Platis, 2009). What happened to the infamous Texas slogan: Don’t mess with Texas!?

With the announcement of new Texas gubernatorial candidates, the issues surrounding Texas health care and Texas health insurance are topics of great concern. Though Congress continues to debate the health reform bill, people in Texas are suffering from an economic recession, the effects of unemployment, and the loss of quality health care and health insurance benefits. Can Texans wait on Congress?

The simply answer is: No!

Paul Levy questions the delay of government action concerning health care reform in an article entitled “Why wait four years?” on The Health Care Blog. He raises the question of why a health care reform, that is to help those with low incomes and those affected by a downturned economy and unemployment, is not proposed to go into effect until 2014 “when Medicare, enacted in 1965, went into effect the next year?” (as cited by Princeton Professor Paul Starr in the New York Times).  What’s the wait?

Whether the health reform bill will ultimately cost far more than expected or whether those in congress do not want to be in office when the plan fails; we cannot be sure. What we can be sure of is that there must be changes made in health care.

MESS with Texas!

Changes that can be made right now on the state level are relatively simple and cost much less than a proposed government takeover. Custom Health Plans of Dallas, Texas, hopes to be an advocate of change by challenging the way Texans approach health care and acquiring health insurance. One major contribution of CHP in order to MESS with Texas is by providing free information to individuals in order to educate and to empower the general public to take charge of their current health insurance needs.

Custom Health Plans offers an interactive online forum where one can compare different prices and health care plans offered by the best health insurance providers in the area in order to assist Texans in locating the most affordable health insurance plan. With no charge to the consumer, a health care expert will look at the individual’s needs and budget to find the most comprehensive and affordable individual/family plan.

Also, CHP has added this blog to provide informative, current articles pertaining to health-related news and information. CHP hopes this blog will be utilized as a tool to help further educate Texans about their health care choices and to empower individuals to take control of the health care crisis plaguing our great state.

Why wait on the government to decide what is best of Texas?

To Congress, CHP says, “Don’t mess with Texas!”

Yet, CHP challenges Texans by saying, “MESS with Texas!”

If we don’t take care of the health care crisis in our state, the government will! Who knows the health care needs of Texas better than Texans?

References:

Levy, P. (2009, December 2). In The Health Care Blog. Why wait four years? Retrieved on December 8, 2009, at http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/12/oped-why-wait-four-years.html

Platis, R. (2009, December 8). In The Daily Texan Online. Supporters rally for Houston mayor. Retrieved on December 8, 2009, at http://www.dailytexanonline.com/top-stories/supporters-rally-for-houston-mayor-1.2114667.

Texas Online. (n.d.). Official Portal of Texas. http://www.texasonline.com/portal/tol/en

Starr, P. (2009, November 28). In The New York Times. “Fighting the wrong health care battle.” Retrieved on December 8, 2009, at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/opinion/29starr.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

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