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  2. Medicare in Texas: What You Need to Know - Healthline

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    Takeaway. Medicare is a federal health insurance program. In Texas, as in the rest of the country, it is designed to provide medical coverage for: people who are age 65 and over. people with end ...

  3. Texas Department of State Health Services - Wikipedia

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    Headquarters of the Texas Department of State Health Services Austin State Hospital. Texas Department of State Health Services is a state agency of Texas.The department was created by House Bill 2292 of the 78th Texas Legislature in 2003 through the merging of four state agencies: the Texas Department of Health, Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Texas Health Care ...

  4. Medicare Plans in Texas | Healthline.com

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    A total of 4,589,620 residents of Texas are enrolled in Medicare. The average Medicare Advantage monthly premium increased in Texas compared to last year — from $8.82 in 2023 to $9.36 in 2024 ...

  5. Texas Health and Human Services Commission - Wikipedia

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    The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is an agency within the Texas Health and Human Services System. In September 2016, Texas began transforming how it delivers health and human services to qualified Texans, with a goal of making the Health and Human Services System more efficient and effective.

  6. Eligibility for the Qualified Medicare Benefits (QMB) Program

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    an asset limit of $7,970. Specific financial requirements for the QMB for married couples are: a monthly income limit of $1,472. an asset limit of $11,960. If you think your income and assets are ...

  7. State Supplementation Program - Wikipedia

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    The conditions of eligibility to the supplement and the amount vary between the different states. The amount of the SSP ranges from $10 to $400 depending on the state. In 2020, the maximum amount of the SSI is $783 per month for an eligible individual, and $1175 for an eligible couple. [3]

  8. Qualified Medicare Savings Program - Healthline

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    The QMB Medicare savings program can help pay for your Medicare costs if you have limited income and resources. Read on to learn more about the details of the QMB program, if you may be eligible ...

  9. John Peter Smith Hospital - Wikipedia

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    An attorney who had helped rewrite the Texas state law being used to keep her body on life support at John Peter Smith Hospital said that there was a problem with the application of the law to a patient that was no longer alive. The Texas law itself, passed in 1989 and amended in 1999, provides lawyers for each side with little guidance.