The first part in our occasional series examining the battle over family planning in Texas considers the impact of lawmakers’ orders to reduce spending on birth control and cancer screenings. A UT-Austin research group is beginning to track the fallout.
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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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State Officials Aim to Take Over Women’s Health Program in November
UPDATED: Texas health officials have delivered their much-anticipated plans for taking over the Medicaid Women’s Health Program. They want to assume full responsibility in November. Federal officials say they’re considering the plan.
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Texas Dental Board is Accused of Ineptitude
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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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
The first two parts of M. Smith’s series on failing school districts (plus Murphy and Seger’s interactive on how districts’ characteristics relate to ratings), Root on lagging GOP candidates for president trying to shore things up in Texas, Ramshaw on a “fiscal switcheroo” to get federal money for women’s health programs, Galbraith talks to a West Texas farmer about crop insurance and climate change and Aguilar on the money behind a lawsuit on long rifle sales: The best of our best content from April 2 to 6, 2012.
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“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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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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Interactive: Mapping Texas Medicaid Providers
Where do Texas Medicaid patients go for health services? This interactive map shows where the state’s most active Medicaid providers are located in Texas and the number of county residents who were enrolled in Medicaid in fiscal year 2010.
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At Victoria Hospital, Obese Job Candidates Need Not Apply
A Victoria hospital already embroiled in a racial discrimination lawsuit has instituted a highly unusual hiring policy: It bans job applicants from employment for being too overweight.
