Texas Health Care System Factsheets

A recent study by the Commonwealth Fund ranked Texas' Health Care System as 49th in the Nation. Despite health care related expenditures accounting for more than a third of the State Budget, Texas continues to rank among the bottom quartile of states in terms of access, quality, equity and efficiency of health care delivery.

Texas Health Care Spending

• Where is the link between health spending & access in Texas?
• Health Spending in the Texas State Budget
• Medicaid in Texas
  • TX/US Medicaid Fact Sheet (PDF from Kaiser Family Foundation)
  • State and Federal Medicaid Spending in Texas
  • History & Background: Medicaid over the years
  • Enrollment: Children make up most of the Medicaid roll and least of the Medicaid bill
  • CHIP: Keeping children out of the system's cracks

Texas Health Care Access

• Everything's Bigger in Texas - Even our Uninsured Rate
• Understanding Texas' High Uninsured Rate

Texas Health Care Quality & Efficiency

• Texas Ranks Low on Quality of Care
• Inefficiencies Drive Up Health Care Costs