Year in Review: Health and Human Services
Scandals, public policy shifts and legal battles rocked the Texas health care world in 2012.
Some of the biggest changes in Texas health care resulted from decisions that lawmakers made in the 2011 legislative session, such as the expansion of Medicaid managed care across the state and the drastic cuts to family planning funding.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in June that the Affordable Care Act should remain law cleared the path for a slew of policy changes that will dramatically shift the landscape of Texas health care in the coming years.
Pervasive Medicaid fraud — particularly in orthodontic ...
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Pro-Choice Houston via Texas Tribune on Facebook
"tumultous" - that's a professional way of saying absolutely insane. Tax payer dollars going to crisis pregnancy centers instead of actual healthcare facilities instead of doctors. Hopefully in 2013 Texas Tribune can cover those phony clinics being shut down. It shouldn't be legal.
Kim Feil
A story that was never covered here....http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22446060
"Complete evidence regarding health impacts of gas drilling cannot be obtained due to incomplete testing and disclosure of chemicals, and nondisclosure agreements. Without rigorous scientific studies, the gas drilling boom sweeping the world will remain an uncontrolled health experiment on an enormous scale."