Texans and, in particular, the state’s Hispanics are in the dark on the new health care law because outreach efforts are focusing on states that have partnered with the Obama administration to roll it out, federal officials say.
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Amendment Targeting Medicaid Expansion Unlikely to Stick
The House on Thursday knocked down a nonbinding motion to instruct conferees to keep an “anti-Medicaid expansion” amendment when they meet with Senate members to work out the final language of Senate Bill 7.
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TribLive: Branch and Martinez Fischer on Medicaid
At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, state Reps. Dan Branch, R-Dallas, and Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, talked about the Legislature’s resistance to expanding Medicaid.
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Health Care Hecklers Meet With Perry
UPDATED: Gov. Rick Perry met with three health care activists who helped organize a protest of his speech before Austin business leaders Wednesday. Both sides said the meeting was cordial, though there were no breakthroughs.
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Budget Deal May Not Come Until Thursday
UPDATED: Budget negotiations stretched late into the evening on Wednesday, but lawmakers said privately they didn’t expect to announce a deal until Thursday.
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GOP Donor Releases Songs Opposing “Obamacare”
Last week Houston physician Steve Hotze, a major Republican campaign donor, announced he was suing the federal government over the Affordable Care Act. This week, he’s singing a similar tune — literally.
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Medicaid Providers Make Last Push for Rate Hikes
In the waning days of budget negotiations, medical providers are pushing lawmakers to raise Medicaid reimbursement rates that were chopped two years ago.
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Budget Rider Could Lay Out Terms for Medicaid Reform
State Rep. John Zerwas, a budget conferee, said Monday he’s relatively confident that a rider stipulating the Legislature’s preferred Medicaid reform terms for any deal with the federal government would stick to the 2014-15 budget.
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As Clock Ticks, Medicaid Expansion Dwindles
UPDATED: With the prospect of Medicaid expansion on life support, protesters gathered at the Capitol on Wednesday to urge state leadership to expand coverage to poor adults, and state Democrats announced that they’re still searching for a legislative vehicle to expand coverage.
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Hotze to File Suit Over Federal Health Reform
UPDATED: The Supreme Court’s ruling that penalties under the Affordable Care Act qualify as taxes has opened the door to another constitutional challenge, Houston physician and Republican donor Steve Hotze said Tuesday. And he’s filing suit.
