Texas will not expand Medicaid or establish a health insurance exchange, two major tenets of the federal health reform that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld last month, Gov. Rick Perry said Monday morning.
Emily Ramshaw
Emily Ramshaw was the editor-in-chief of The Texas Tribune from 2016 to 2020. During her tenure, the Tribune — billed “one of the nonprofit news sector’s runaway success stories” — won a Peabody Award, several national Murrow Awards and top honors from the Online News Association.
Before joining the Tribune in 2010 as one of its founding reporters, Ramshaw spent six years at The Dallas Morning News, where she broke national stories about sexual abuse inside Texas’ youth lock-ups, reported from inside a West Texas polygamist compound and uncovered “fight clubs” inside state institutions for the disabled. The Texas APME named Ramshaw its 2008 star reporter of the year. In 2016, she was named to the board of the Pulitzer Prizes.
A native of Washington, D.C., and the product of two journalist parents, Ramshaw graduated from Northwestern University in 2003 with dual degrees in journalism and American history.
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With Health Reform Constitutional, What Happens in Texas?
What Thursday’s Supreme Court decision means for Texas, where leaders have opposed “Obamacare” despite the state’s sky-high rate of uninsured residents, is complicated, both by politics and by the state’s history of rejecting federal dollars.
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As Waistlines Grow, So Does Taxpayer Spending on Weight-Loss Surgery
As the ranks of the obese in Texas have swelled, so too has state and federal lawmakers’ comfort with forking over taxpayer dollars for weight-loss surgery for the elderly and the indigent.
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Hot Over Funding Plan, Private Hospitals Seek Meeting With Perry
The presidents of Texas’ five biggest private hospital systems have asked Gov. Rick Perry for a sit-down meeting, saying negotiations with the state’s health agency over how they’re reimbursed for uncompensated care have deteriorated.
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Could HHSC Face a Public Ed-Sized Leadership Void?
First, the state’s Medicaid director announced he was retiring. Now, Health and Human Services chief Tom Suehs says he hasn’t decided whether he will quit in August. Will HHSC rival public education for next session’s biggest leadership void?
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HHSC Commissioner Tom Suehs Retiring
Texas Health and Human Services Commissioner Tom Suehs, who has overseen the state’s massive health agency since 2009, is retiring at the end of August.
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Facing Accusations in California, Hospital Company Looks to Texas
A California hospital company facing allegations it inflated disease diagnoses to bill Medicare for more expensive conditions — including a form of Third World malnutrition rarely found in the U.S. — is edging into Texas.
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What Surprised Pundits and Pollsters on Primary Night
Primary night always provides some surprises, particularly when the election is later than usual. But some races caught even the best predictors off-guard. Here’s a look at the races where some pundits and pollsters got fooled.
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Complete Election Results Scoreboard
Now that the ballots are counted, check out vote totals and election outcomes for candidates statewide with our complete primary election scoreboard. You can also use our brackets for an overview of who’s headed to a runoff and who’s soaring through to November.
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Election Brackets: The Complete Primary Results
The dust from Tuesday’s primary elections has (mostly) settled, so we’re updating our election brackets to prepare you for the July runoffs and beyond.
