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Insurance

  • June 24th, 2026
    The KTTZ News Team
    With the NFL not holding a supplemental draft this summer, former Texas Tech University quarterback Brendan Sorsby out of the NFL at least next April. Our Samantha Larned reports this comes after his lawsuit against the NCAA was dismissed. Meanwhile the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas says healthcare fraud cases are at an “all-time high.”
  • The Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospital's Clinically Integrated Network, or TORCH CIN, said the termination represents "one of the most significant statements of rural provider frustration in recent Texas healthcare history." The organization said UnitedHealthcare's reimbursement rates are unsustainable and threaten the financial survival of rural health systems.
    Texas rural hospital organization to end contracts with UnitedHealthcare over 'unsustainable' rates
    Abigail Ruhman
    TORCH CIN, a physician-hospital organization representing 45 rural and community hospitals across Texas, announced Friday it will end its contracts with UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company over "unsustainable" reimbursement rates. The leader of TORCH CIN said the current rates pose an "existential threat" to rural hospitals.
  • Soaring car insurance premiums force many low-to-middle income Texans to do without
    Andrew Schneider
    Approximately 12% percent of Texas car owners are uninsured. A new study from Texas Appleseed and United Way of Greater Houston finds that, for Harris County, that total is more than 14%.