The rally at the state Capitol drew progressive political activists, local musicians, state representatives and women’s health clinic employees.
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Planned Parenthood Laments Expected Demise of Women’s Health Program
A crowd gathered Friday at the Planned Parenthood Health Center in Austin to express concerns over the expected demise of the Women’s Health Program.
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Prescription Drugs Rolled Into Managed Care, Despite Pharmacists’ Fears
Lawmakers have approved carving prescription drugs into Medicaid managed care to save Texas money — an estimated $100 million over the next biennium. But pharmacists worry lower reimbursement rates will drive them under.
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House, Senate Members Working to Reform Medicaid
A joint interim committee is charging ahead in the state’s effort to persuade the federal government to give it more flexibility to run its Medicaid program.
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Republican Leaders Like Women’s Health Program — But Won’t Rescue It
The Legislature’s ranking public health leaders praise the success of the Women’s Health Program. But they won’t let Planned Parenthood participate in order to save the program from extinction.
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Texans Accused of $375 Million Health Care Fraud
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid today announced the indictment of seven Texans who allegedly conspired to commit $375 million in health care fraud.
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Lawmakers Monitoring Health Care Reform’s Effect on Texas
Texas may be challenging federal health care reform in court, but as Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports, state lawmakers are still monitoring how the law will affect costs and care in Texas.
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Interactive: Mapping Women’s Health Program Providers in Texas
The Women’s Health Program is set to expire in March because the federal government won’t allow Texas to exclude clinics like Planned Parenthood. This interactive map compares the locations of those clinics to the locations of other providers.
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Health Leaders Say They’re Ready for Federal Reforms — If They Must Be
Texas lawmakers met on Monday to address a pressing problem: the possibility the state will really have to implement federal health care reforms.
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Health Care Assistance Program to Shut Down
A program created to help insurance-seekers in Texas cut through the complexities of federal health care reforms is shutting down in April, years before the law goes into full effect.
