Stories from Texas Medicine, January 2026

Expanded Flexibility: Patients Can Now Pay for Direct Primary Care with HSAs – With Caveats - 03/12/2026

Patients can now pay for direct primary care with health savings accounts – with caveats.


Lasting Impact: Leaders Look Back as Two TMA Sections Turn 50 - 02/23/2026

Five decades ago, medical students, residents, and fellows were given a formal voice within the Texas Medical Association via its Medical Student Section (MSS) and Resident and Fellow Section (RFS).


Disrupting the Marketplace: How the ACA Expiring Tax Credits Could Impact Health Care Costs - 01/05/2026

With the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace on the precipice of a massive change – expiration of the enhanced Advance Premium Tax Credits – physicians fear that might add additional confusion, higher costs, and even a loss of insurance for millions of Americans.


Community Support: Texas Aims to Use Federal Funding to Address Rural Health Care Challenges - 01/05/2026

Texas aims to use federal funding to address rural health care challenges.


Budget Crunch: Uncertainty Besets Texas’ Public Health Infrastructure as Federal Funding Streams Dry Up - 12/24/2025

Federal budget cuts from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and other federal actions could hinder public health initiatives in Texas in 2026.


‘Caring for Myself and Medicine’: Julia Choi, MD, Attended TexMed to Complete Triathlon, Defend Medicine - 12/22/2025

Julia Choi, MD, attended TexMed 2025 with dual goals: to complete her third triathlon, and to defend the profession of medicine.