DRIPPING SPRINGS BABBLE: HAYS COUNTY APPROVES START-UP FUNDING FOR HEALTHCARE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

HAYS COUNTY APPROVES START-UP FUNDING FOR HEALTHCARE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

The Hays County Commissioners Court voted Tuesday to join Williamson County and the Travis County Healthcare District in providing start-up funding for a three-county program that would help small businesses offer their employees affordable health care.

The agreement with TexHealth Central Texas, a community-based non-profit group formed by the entities involved, bases the program on an existing program in the Galveston area and is expected to be self-sustaining financially by the end of its third year of operation. It is designed to help businesses with between two and fifty employees provide basic healthcare coverage for an average of $245 per employee per month. The goal is to obtain as many as 2,500 insured persons in the tri-county area within three years and help relieve County-subsidized health programs. In addition, the ability of a small business to offer health care to its employees can help Hays County remain competitive in attracting and retaining small companies.

For more information about the program or to see if your business qualifies, call call TexHealth at 1-877-704-0111, visit texhealthcentraltex.org or talk to a local provider.