|
State Extends Health Coverage For Children
Texas is extending health coverage for more than 34,000 children who live in areas affected by Hurricane Ike. Reporter: Associated Press |
|
Texas officials are allowing more time for the parents of 34,000 children living in Hurricane Ike-affected areas to turn in applications for Medicaid and other government health insurance programs.
The executive commissioner of Texas Health and Human Services, Albert Hawkins, said officials decided to err on the side of caution given Ike's widespread damage and disruption.
The extension begins Jan. 1.
State officials earlier said thousands of children living in Hurricane Ike-devastated areas were in danger of losing health coverage in 2009 because they had not been re-enrolled in government health insurance programs.
An agency spokeswoman says the extension doesn't apply in cases where the state received the application and determined that the family was not eligible.
New packets will be sent to families in order to be renewed by April.
| AP Video |
|
|
| Find out Whats On KBTX Tonight | |
| Check Out This Fall's CW Lineup |
| College Station Now | |||
| Bryan's Living and Learning |
- Over a Dozen CS Vehicle Break-Ins Reported Friday
- President Bush Visits Wounded Fort Hood Soldiers
- Planned Parenthood Director Leaves, Has Change of Heart
- Edwards Will Vote Against House Health Care Reform Bill
- Fatal Accident Highway 79 Between Hearne & Gause
- Aggies Fail To Finish Off CU
- Aggies to Wear Helmet Decal in Honor of Fort Hood
- House Passes Health Care Bill
- Fort Hood Private Injured Thursday Describes Shooting
- Brazos Valley Resident Among Those Killed & Wounded
- Woman Holds Fake Fundraiser to Afford Breast Implants
30 Comments - Update for the Fort Hood Shooting Tragedy
28 Comments - Mayor: CS's Red Light Cameras Will Be Off Wednesday
27 Comments - CS Woman Robbed at Gunpoint Speaks Out
26 Comments - Tragedy at Fort Hood: 12 Dead, 31 Wounded in Shooting
21 Comments - President Bush Visits Wounded Fort Hood Soldiers
14 Comments
Send your Halloween pictures for a chance to win |





