Texas Health Insurance
Compare Individual Health Insurance in Texas
This site provides the information you'll need to help make a decision about individual health insurance in Texas. Save time and money by comparing individual health insurance quotes between multiple carriers.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has provided the following online resource to aid in your selection of a health insurance plan.
Choosing and Using a Health Plan
Health Insurance regulations and reform vary from state to state. Some highlights regarding individual health insurance reform in Texas are summarized below.
| TX | US | |
| Individual Health Insurance reform | ||
| Applies community rating | No | 10 states |
| Limits Pre-existing Condition exclusions | No | 31 states |
| Mandates Guaranteed Issue | Yes | 50 states + DC |
| Mandates Guaranteed renewability | Yes | 50 states + DC |
| Patients Rights Requirements | ||
| Mandates external review | Yes | 45 states |
| Mandates health plan liability | Yes | 10 states |
| Bans Financial incentives to providers | Yes | 32 States |
When you're ready, compare individual health insurance plans for Texas residents from the following health insurance companies...
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas
- Celtic health insurance
- Golden Rule health insurance (United Healthcare)
- American Medical Security Group
- Unicare health insurance
- Humana
- FirstCare
(Some plans may not be available in all parts of the state)
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Don't get caught unprepared and without health insurance. Get side-by-side health insurance comparisons for all cities across the state of Texas from A to Z, including: Abilene, Amarillo, Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Waco, and all places in-between....
Additional Texas Health Insurance Information
The Texas Department of Insurance
333 Guadalupe
Austin, TX 78701
www.tdi.state.tx.us
The Georgetown University Health Policy Institute has developed a comprehensive consumer guide for Texas health insurance, which will serve as a useful resource for you in finding out more about health insurance laws and regulations for the state of Texas including a chapter specifically geared towards individual health insurance in Texas.
