If you are a full-time state employee lucky enough not to be a public school district employee Texas taxpayers will contribute $7,471.20 per year towards the cost of your Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance for the 2023 plan year. But if you are a Texas public school employee the state of Texas contributes only $900 towards the cost of your Blue Cross health insurance, a funding level which hasn’t changed in over 20 years.
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Hospitals Play Hide & Seek
The hospital price transparency rule, which took effect in January 2021, requires hospitals to publish machine-readable price lists and display rates for medical services in a format that allows consumers to comparison shop. Insurers are now required to disclose rates they negotiate with providers.
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