As the Texas Legislature considers giving state employees an HSA option, at least 10 other states have already given their state employees this chance. As each of these states demonstrates, the plan design and savings for both the state employees and the state can vary.
How Tinslee’s Story Helped Change Texas’s 10-Day Rule
In 2019, a mother faced a heart-wrenching dilemma. According to the letter she held in her hand, she had to find another hospital willing to treat her infant daughter, Tinslee Lewis, within 10 days—or Tinslee was going to die. This dilemma arose because the intensity of Tinslee’s treatment and unfavorable prognosis from Cook Children’s Medical...