As the nation watched Ted Cruz on Tuesday argue for hours to defund Obamacare, the Obama administration released data showing that premium rates in the new insurance marketplace will be comparatively low for Texans.
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Health care
Perry, Obamacare and Texas’ Uninsured Rate
In the same week that the U.S. Census Bureau released new data showing Texas again ranks highest for the rate of people without health insurance, Gov. Rick Perry quietly laid out his next efforts to derail Obamacare.
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Energy
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
M. Smith drops in on state textbook hearings, E. Smith interviews Tom Pauken, Satija on water rationing along the Colorado River, Root probes Dan Patrick’s unexpected investment, KUT’s Philpott sorts out clinic closings, Murphy maps the latest census data, MacLaggan on a welcome turn in poverty, Malewitz finds a race for energy efficiency, Hamilton reports on better grades for Sul Ross, Grissom on bad grades for the death penalty, Batheja on Debra Medina’s dilemma, Aguilar on the glum forecast for immigration reform and Aaronson looks at the latest hurdle for Obamacare: The best of our best for the week of Sept. 16-20, 2013.
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Health care
Watson Responds to Perry’s Move to Regulate Insurance Navigators
In a letter Thursday, state Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, says Gov. Rick Perry’s move to establish strict rules for so-called health insurance navigators defies the intent of a law legislators passed this year.
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Health care
Texas Again Has Highest Uninsured Rate in Nation
UPDATED: In addition to having the highest rate of people without health insurance in the nation, Texas also has the largest number of children without health insurance, according to U.S. census data released late Wednesday.
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Health care
Perry Directs HHSC to Pursue Block Grant
In a letter to the state’s health agency on Monday, Gov. Rick Perry laid out his plan to request a federal waiver to reform Medicaid as Texas sees fit — without expanding eligibility.
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Health care
Interactive: Texas Has Received Millions in ACA Grants
Use this interactive to explore the nearly $100 million in grants that Texas has received through the federal Affordable Care Act.
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Demographics
On the Border, Cruz Talks Obamacare, Immigration, Syria
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz on Thursday continued his campaign against the White House’s health care plan during a tour of Fort Bliss. While local business leaders agreed with him on federal health reform, they were at odds over immigration.
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Guest Column: Shut Down Obamacare, Not the Government
Obamacare continues to be deeply unpopular, its policies wildly unpredictable, and its effects incredibly harmful to the economy and our nation as a whole. If this is not the issue to fight on, what is?
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Guest Column: Shutdown is Good Theater, but a Bad Idea
Last year, Dallas County taxpayers spent $582 million to care for the uninsured. More insured citizens means better public health, lower taxpayer burden to cover the uninsured and a stronger community.
