The Texas State Board of Dental Examiners was accused of ineptitude Wednesday during a House Public Health Committee hearing. But some said the board lacks the resources to do its job well.
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Interactive: Mapping Medicaid Patients’ Access to Pharmacies in Texas
Use this interactive map to compare Medicaid patients’ access to pharmacies across the state.
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Health care
“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
Report: Texas Businesses Wary of Federal Health Reform
Texas businesses are skeptical of the federal health care law, according to a report released by the comptroller’s office. Nearly two-thirds of survey respondents said the law will be bad for business.
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Economy
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aaronson interactively maps Texas Medicaid providers, Aguilar talks legalization with the head of the Drug Policy Alliance, Galbraith on farmers watering what they know won’t grow, Grisson sits down with exoneree Michael Morton, Hamilton on the elusive $10,000 college degree, Murphy et al. update the 2012 election brackets, Ramsey on Bill Ratliff’s frank budget analysis, Ramshaw on a hospital where the overweight need not apply, Root on Joe Straus’ primary opponent and Tan rounds up reactions to the Supreme Court’s health care hearings: The best of our best content from March 26-30, 2012.
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Criminal Justice
Looking Back at Hearings on Health Care Reforms
Here’s a final roundup of Texas reactions to the last day of the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic hearings on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Health care
Video: Texas Banking on Health Care Reform Repeal
Texas has spent its energy fighting federal health reform, not working to implement it. So what happens if the U.S. Supreme Court upholds it? In partnership with the Tribune, KTRK-TV’s Ted Oberg reports.
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Energy
The Weekly TribCast: Episode 125
Reeve, Emily, Jay and Kate talk about a Texas hospital that won’t hire obese workers, Texas farmers watering crops that won’t grow, and the primary challenge for the Speaker of the Texas House.
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Health care
First Minority Cancer Month Highlights Disparities
Lawmakers and health care advocates gathered today to kick off the state’s first annual Minority Cancer Awareness Month, designated in the last legislative session to bring awareness to racial disparities in cancer survival.
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Health care
Supreme Court Hearings on Health Reforms: Day 3
This Storify timeline summarizes reaction to the second day of the Supreme Court’s hearings on federal health care reform. We also preview the agenda for the third and final day of oral arguments.
