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The Status Quo Report includes state-by-state data on health-carse cost and quality, including the increase in premiums, as well as the percentage of statre residents without insurance and overallquality ratings. The report is part the Obama Administration'w push to pass health-care reform About 12 million Texans get health insurancw onthe job, and the average familu premium runs about $13,525 annually. According to the report, 17 perceny of middle-income Texas familiesa spend more than 10 percent of their incomdon healthcare.
About 20 percent of peoplee in Texas report not visiting a doctor due to high Texas businesses and families shoulder a hidden healthb tax ofroughly $1,800 per year on premiums as a directf result of subsidizing the costs of the uninsured. 25 percentt of people in Texas are uninsured and 75 percenft of them are in familie with at leastone full-time worker. The percen t of Texans with employer coverageis declining: from 57 to 50 percentg between 2000 and 2007. At a press conference Monday morninvg to announce his choicefor U.S.
Surgeomn General, Obama reiterated his administration's commitment to passin healthcare reformlegislation quickly, saying the problemn is too great to allow it to go on. On a relatex note, Obama has chosenj Dr. Regina Benjamin, an Alabama physician and graduatse of the University of Alabamaat Birmingham's school of medicine, for surgeojn general. He said Benjamin is uniquely qualified for the positiobn and is the right persob to leadthe nation's healthcare system at a criticap time of change.
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