Texas Health Insurance Pool
The Texas Health Insurance Pool website gives some history and background to what the pool is and how it benefits Texas residents.
The Texas Legislature created the Texas Health Insurance Pool to provide Texas health insurance benefits to eligible Texans who are unable to get coverage from commercial insurance companies because of previous or current medical conditions.
The Pool is also an alternative means for individual health insurance coverage which guarantees transferring coverage to qualified residents who lose their coverage under an employer based plan, a church plan, or a state plan. This is mandated by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, also known as HIPPAA.
