UPDATED: Texas health officials have delivered their much-anticipated plans for taking over the Medicaid Women’s Health Program. They want to assume full responsibility in November. Federal officials say they’re considering the plan.
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“Obamacare” on Center Stage
From contraception and cancer screenings to “Obamacare” and state physician shortages, here’s a look at the month ahead in Texas health policy.
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Health care
Suehs: State Could Use Block Grants to Free Up Women’s Health Dollars
In a fiscal switcheroo, Texas could free up state dollars to fund the embattled Women’s Health Program by seeking federal block grants for other programs, the state’s health commissioner wrote in a letter to House Democrats on Tuesday.
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Women’s Health Care Storm Had Been Brewing
It took years of bipartisan efforts for the Women’s Health Program to even begin. Today, it is the subject of a bitter political divide. No one should be surprised.
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Combs and the Perils of Political Adaptation
Adaptation is a tricky business, especially in the political realm, where sudden and surprising changes can become perilous “flip-flops.”
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Health care
Hutchison: Perry Should Keep Federal Funding for Women’s Health Program
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison appeared on MSNBC’s The Daily Rundown to defend Planned Parenthood and urge Gov. Rick Perry to re-consider federal funding for the Women’s Health Program.
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Interactive: Mapping Women’s Reproductive Health in Texas
Texas women’s reproductive rights have drawn attention lately over the federal government’s decision to cut funding for the state’s Women’s Health Program. Use this interactive to see just how many pregnancies, births and abortions occur across the Lone Star State.
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Inside Intelligence
Inside Intelligence: On Retirement, Term Limits and Planned Parenthood
Will the Planned Parenthood brouhaha affect elections? Should state officeholders be able to collect retirement while they’re still on the job? And should Texas lawmakers have term limits?
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Criminal Justice
Abbott Sues Feds Over Women’s Health Program
Attorney General Greg Abbott has filed yet another lawsuit against the federal government, this one, no surprise, over the Women’s Health Program.
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Video: On Fox News, Perry Promises to Fight Feds Over Voter ID, Women’s Health
“We’re having to spend a lot of money and time protecting our right to make sovereign decisions from this administration,” Perry said during a Fox News interview.
