Using data from the Immigration Policy Center, this interactive shows — by U.S. House district — how many potential deferred action beneficiaries there are in Texas and looks at the potential impact.
Becca Aaronson
Becca Aaronson was the first product manager at the Tribune, where she worked from 2010 to 2018. As product manager, Becca managed the Tribune's website redesign, coordinates cross-departmental projects and conducted user research to improve reader experience. She previously worked on the Tribune's data visuals team as a developer and project manager, contributing to several award-winning investigative projects. She covered health care from 2012 to 2014, making waves with her coverage of women's health and the Wendy Davis abortion filibuster.
She has a bachelor’s degree in cultural theory from Scripps College in Claremont, Calif.
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State Government
Report: TWIA Improves Claims Processes
After years of controversy and legal wrangling, a bit of good news for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association came today in a report from the State Auditor’s Office: The insurer’s claims process is improving.
Posted inHealth care
Interactive: Challenges in Medicaid Dental System
This interactive breaks down Medicaid dental program data as the system poses challenges for lawmakers, dental providers and the children they serve.
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Health care
State Tackles Concerns in Medicaid Dental System
State officials, dentists and other providers met Friday on how to treat orthodontic transfer patients, why some corporate clinics are allowed to use gift cards and pizza to lure new patients and other technicalities related to the transition to Medicaid managed care.
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Health care
Medicaid Dental System an Ongoing Challenge
While Texas works to fix a system that allowed dental clinics to charge the state millions in questionable Medicaid bills, dental providers say impoverished Texas children are being left in a lurch.
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Health care
Millions in Rebates Doled Out to Insured Texans
Thanks to a new rule in the federal Affordable Care Act, insured Texans could receive nearly $167 million in rebates from their health insurance companies this month.
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Interactive Map: Women’s Health Program Providers
Use our interactive map to chart the locations of health care providers participating in Texas’ Women’s Health Program. Flip through various map styles to compare women’s health statistics statewide, or get a video tutorial here.
Posted inState Government
Jeremy Everett: The TT Interview
The director of the Texas Hunger Initiative at Baylor University on hunger in Texas, why partisan approaches to alleviating hunger are flawed and how improving current programs can stimulate local economies.
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Interactive: Mapping Physicians Accepting Medicaid in Texas
As enrollment in Medicaid grows in Texas, fewer physicians are agreeing to treat Medicaid patients. This map compares enrollment in the program by county to the number of physicians who provided Medicaid services in fiscal year 2011.
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Economy
Perry’s UI Bet Pays Off
In 2009, Gov. Rick Perry rejected a $555 million offer from the Feds to cover unemployment insurance, then turned around and asked the Feds for a loan. Critics jumped, but that was likely the plan all along, and for the governor, it worked out fine.
