PDF versions of the IOM reports are available to view online

The task force was created to examine the problem of Texans who lack health insurance, to review demographic trends relating to the uninsured population and to examine other states’ programs, laws, and systems which address the lack of affordable health care.

The Task Force report submitted in February, 2001.

This page provides several publications and informational presentations produced for the Texas State Planning Grant project.

Proceedings from two conferences and background papers.

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private foundation focusing on major health care issues facing the nation.

The Commonwealth Fund is a private foundation that supports independent research on health and social issues and makes grants to improve health care practice and policy. The fund is dedicated to helping poeple become more informed about their health care.

The Urban Institute measure effects, compares options, shows which stakeholders get the most and least, tests conventional wisdom, reveals trends, and makes costs, benefits and risks explicit.

Data used by Steve Murdock in "The Population of Texas: Historical Patterns and Future Trends Affecting Health Care."