HHSC Pimping the HIPP

[Updates below.]

The commission's website

I work at the Texas Association of School Boards as an administrative assistent. I get mail from all over the country and state which is supposed to go to Texas school districts, not me. In particular, I get a lot of mail from government agencies. Allow me to quote one insert I found in a stack of recent arrivals.

$ Need Extra Cash? $

If someone in your household is on Medicaid and someone in your household is employed, you may be qualified for the Health Insurance Premium Payment Program (HIPP) Program for Texas Medicaid recipients and theitr families.

What is HIPP?
HIPP is a Medicaid program that pays for the Medical Premiums. The program reimburses clients or employers for the private health car insurance payments for Medicaid eligible persons when it is cost effective.

Why would I want HIPP?
HIPP has advantages that directly affect you:

1. HIPP will pay the premium for your private health care insurance.
2. Members of your family who are not eligible for Medicaid may be covered under HIPP
3. Health insurance paid through HIPP may pay for services not normally covered under Medicaid.

How do I apply?

For more information, contact the HIPP Program At 1-800-440-0493
Texas Heath and Human Services Commission
NHIC-HIPP
P.O. Box 201120
Austin, Texas 78720-1120

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Spanish on the other side.

I'm curious to know how much my taxes go towards paying someone else's medical insurance premiums and the tendrils of extension being advertised here. "[S]ervices not normally covered under Medicaid" for "[m]embers of your family who are not eligible for Medicaid"? That's nice. Maybe someday those people will hand something over in return after all that has been taken from us and given them. Something to show how much they appreciate our forced devotion to propping up their lives.

Something like our fucking money. I'd like it back when you all are done with it, please. With interest.

UPDATE(5/12/2004 3:18pm)
Pay for your own health, not not everyone else's.

Posted by Drizzten at November 01, 2002 09:58 AM