Health care providers are lacking across the vast expanses of rural Texas, and the problem could be worsening. The Tribune created an interactive map to illustrate just how few physicians there are in some parts of the state.
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On the Records: Feds Award $61 Million for Texas Health Centers
The federal government awarded Texas $61 million today for new and improved community health centers across the state.
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Study: Texas to Outpace Other States in Health Insurance Rebates
Texas consumers and businesses could get $186 million in rebates from health insurers under a requirement of the Affordable Care Act, according a study by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Interactive Map: Updated Life Expectancy Figures
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington has released its newest county-by-county life expectancy estimates — and we’ve culled them for Texas.
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David Callender: The TT Interview
The president of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston on how his institution has recovered from Hurricane Ike and the institution’s role in the state’s future higher-education landscape.
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Obesity Series Showing Texas Schools Debuts
Part of an HBO documentary series on obesity was screened Monday in Austin. Comptroller Susan Combs, who appears in the series, emphasized at the screening that parents need to take charge of their children’s health.
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Planned Parenthood Branches Vote to Merge
UPDATED: The boards of three regional Planned Parenthood branches — North Texas, Central Texas and the Capital Region — have voted to merge, forming a $29 million-per-year mega-organization with 26 clinics.
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Abbott Stands By Legal Fights With Feds
Attorney General Greg Abbott defends the lawsuits he has pending against the federal government amid criticism that he’s wasting taxpayer money, reports Ted Oberg of Houston’s KTRK-TV, a media partner of the Trib.
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Interactive: The Cost of Texas vs. the Feds
This interactive breaks down the costs of the lawsuits that Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has brought against the federal government.
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aaronson maps Medicaid patients’ access to pharmacies, Aguilar on Mexicans in exile, Batheja on an unlikely threat to a veteran lawmaker’s re-election, Galbraith and Murphy interactively track reservoir levels around the state, Grissom on the ringleaders who rule the state’s largest youth lockup, Hamilton on how much Texas professors are paid, Ramsey on who’s conservative, Ramshaw and Tan on the latest Planned Parenthood kerfuffle, Root on what Santorum’s exit means for the Texas primary, and parts 4 (by M. Smith) and 5 (by Tan and Dehn) of our series on school district closures: The best of our best content from April 9-13, 2012.
