Healthy Texas (or HealthyTexas) is a program funded by the great state of Texas to help uninsured small business owners offer group health insurance to their employees and dependents. Would you like to offer health insurance benefits to your employees? You may be exactly who Healthy Texas employee benefits insurance was designed to help. Created in 2009 by the Texas legislature, Healthy Texas provides a reliable and affordable health insurance option for small businesses.
Ask us about our Extended Protection Assistance Program. This unique integrated benefit solutions program assists both employers and employees at no cost.
Who is eligible for Healthy Texas insurance program?
You may be eligible for Healthy Texas insurance program, if:
- Group health insurance benefits have not been offered to your employees within the past 12 months.
- You are a small business Texas employer with two to fifty full-time employees (including the owner).
- 60% of eligible employees elect to enroll in the health insurance plan.
- Thirty percent of employees are paid annual wages of $32,670 or less (2011).
- Employees must be citizens, nationals, or legal aliens.
Healthy Texas is small group health insurance that provides reasonably comprehensive benefits for your employees and their dependents at affordable costs. Employers are required to contribute 50% of the employee only cost. The Healthy Texas insurance plans include benefits for preventative care, prescription drugs, doctor visits and major (or catastrophic injury and illness) medical insurance.
to learn more about the Healthy Texas insurance plan options available to you and your employees. If you do not qualify for the Healthy Texas program we have many other affordable and options we can share with you.
