State Cuts Squeezing the Doctors for Elderly Poor
After the state reduced its share of co-payments for Texans who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, doctors who treat such patients are seeing revenue disruptions. Full Story
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Thanh Tan
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Thanh Tan was a multimedia reporter/producer for the Tribune from 2011 to 2012. She previously worked at Idaho Public Television, a PBS station that serves a statewide audience. While there, she was an Emmy award-winning producer/reporter/host for the longest-running legislative public affairs program in the West, Idaho Reports, moderator of The Idaho Debates, and a writer/producer for the flagship series Outdoor Idaho. Prior to joining IdahoPTV, she was a general assignment reporter at the ABC affiliate in Portland, Oregon. and a political reporter for KBCI-TV in Boise, Idaho. Her work has also appeared on the PBS NewsHour and This American Life. She graduated with honors from the University of Southern California with degrees in International Relations and Broadcast Journalism.
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Anti-Abortion Advocates Counter Planned Parenthood Media Blitz
As Planned Parenthood travels the state by bus to defend its Women's Health Program funding, anti-abortion advocates gathered in Austin to blast the organization. Full Story
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House, Senate Members Working to Reform Medicaid
A joint interim committee is charging ahead in the state's effort to persuade the federal government to give it more flexibility to run its Medicaid program. Full Story
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Republican Leaders Like Women's Health Program — But Won't Rescue It
The Legislature's ranking public health leaders praise the success of the Women's Health Program. But they won't let Planned Parenthood participate in order to save the program from extinction. Full Story
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Interactive: Mapping Women's Health Program Providers in Texas
The Women's Health Program is set to expire in March because the federal government won't allow Texas to exclude clinics like Planned Parenthood. This interactive map compares the locations of those clinics to the locations of other providers. Full Story
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Health Leaders Say They're Ready for Federal Reforms — If They Must Be
Texas lawmakers met on Monday to address a pressing problem: the possibility the state will really have to implement federal health care reforms. Full Story
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Video: Three Takeaways From the Latest UT/TT Poll
This week, the University of Texas and The Texas Tribune released results from our latest poll measuring voter attitudes. The Tribune's Thanh Tan talks to executive editor Ross Ramsey about the major takeaways. Full Story
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Perry’s Surgeon Has Been Critical of Health Policies
The doctor performing Gov. Rick Perry's clavicle surgery on Friday happens to be the president of the Texas Medical Association — and a vocal critic of some of the governor's women's health policies. Full Story
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Health Care Assistance Program to Shut Down
A program created to help insurance-seekers in Texas cut through the complexities of federal health care reforms is shutting down in April, years before the law goes into full effect. Full Story
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Updated Map: Federally Funded Family-Planning Providers in Texas
The number of family-planning contractors statewide continues to drop in the face of dwindling state funds. Use this interactive map to see which family-planning clinics received funding in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Full Story
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