Hospitals in the Dallas-Fort Worth region were overpaid by $27 million in federal funds to provide health care for the uninsured, according to a new order from the Obama administration, which is threatening to take the money back.
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Health Insurers’ Exit Spells Trouble for Obamacare in Texas
The roughly 1.3 million Texans who bought health insurance under the Affordable Care Act will likely have fewer, more expensive coverage options in 2017, as health plans continue to announce they will no longer sell their products in Texas.
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Texas Leading Suit Over Federal Transgender Health Policy
Ramping up its fight over the rights of transgender people, Texas filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the federal government over a regulation prohibiting discrimination against transgender individuals in some health programs.
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Do We Have Enough Doctors? (Video)
Full video of our 5/19 conversation with Rice University’s Vivian Ho, Med2You’s Thomas Kim, Jonathan Macclements of the Dell Medical School and Elena Marks of the Episcopal Health Foundation.
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Supreme Court Sends Birth Control Case Back to Lower Courts
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sent back to lower courts a case that pits religious groups against the Obama administration over a requirement that some employers provide birth control benefits to female employees.
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Texas, Feds Agree to Renew Short-Term Medicaid Funds
The Obama administration has agreed to temporarily keep some federal money flowing into Texas to help hospitals treat uninsured patients, despite the state’s refusal to offer health coverage to low-income adults.
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Texas Asks Feds for Short-Term Medicaid Funds
State health officials confirmed Tuesday they have asked the Obama administration to keep a 15-month lifeline of federal Medicaid money flowing into Texas to help hospitals treat uninsured patients.
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UnitedHealthcare Drops Obamacare Plans in Texas
UnitedHealthcare, a major health insurer, will no longer sell insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplace in Texas next year, according to a letter filed with state regulators.
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Supreme Court Weighs Religious Freedom in Birth Control Case
In another major case concerning Texas women’s reproductive care, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will consider if the right to religious freedom is broad enough to completely exempt religious nonprofits from providing women access to contraceptives through their insurance plans.
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For Cruz, 2013 Shutdown Was a Defining Moment
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s “impossible” strategy to undercut the Affordable Care Act — President Obama’s signature domestic policy achievement — won the Texan both enemies and fans.