Nearly 2.6 million Texans could qualify for tax credits to purchase health insurance in 2014, according to a report released Thursday by a nonprofit advocacy group.
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Health care
The Medicaid Expansion Merry-Go-Round
Republican legislators who want to use federal Medicaid expansion dollars are struggling to find common ground between the Perry administration in Texas and the Obama administration in Washington. But they’re trying.
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Health care
Reluctance to Expansion of Health Care in Texas Has a Familiar Ring
If the state government’s resistance to expanding Medicaid sounds familiar, it’s because something like this happened when George W. Bush was governor, and conservatives were wary of the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
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Health care
House Backtracks on Medicaid Amendment
UPDATED: Hours after quietly approving a budget amendment on Thursday that would have opened the door to negotiations on expanding Medicaid, the House reconsidered the measure, prompting the author to withdraw it.
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Economy
Zerwas: House Medicaid Reform Bill Will Incorporate Williams’ Plan
UPDATED: Rep. John Zerwas confirmed Wednesday that he will incorporate into his own Medicaid reform bill a proposal by Sen. Tommy Williams to use premium tax revenue to subsidize private health policies for the uninsured.
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Health care
Leaders Make Case For, Against Expanding Medicaid Under ACA
The Texas rhetoric around a key tenet of federal health reform reached a high-water mark on Monday, with back-to-back press conferences at the Capitol featuring political leaders on both sides of the aisle.
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Guest Column: Expanding Medicaid Would Weaken It
Expanding Medicaid in Texas would weaken it, and weakening Medicaid would be a disservice to the Texans who now depend on it.
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Health care
Key State Leaders to Descend on Capitol for Medicaid Events
UPDATED: U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, and his twin, San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro, will hold their own event at the Capitol on Monday to promote the Medicaid expansion provision of federal health reform.
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Health care
Video: Amid Medicaid Expansion Debate, Kolkhorst’s Health Care Math
State Rep. Lois Kolkhorst, the Republican chairwoman of the House Public Health Committee, gives a whiteboard math lesson in this video posted by Gov. Rick Perry’s office.
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Health care
TPPF Presents Plan to Reform Medicaid With Block Grant
The Texas Public Policy Foundation released a report on Wednesday detailing how Texas could use a block grant from the federal government to cut costs and fundamentally reform Medicaid.
