If the state government’s resistance to expanding Medicaid sounds familiar, it’s because something like this happened when George W. Bush was governor, and conservatives were wary of the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
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House Backtracks on Medicaid Amendment
UPDATED: Hours after quietly approving a budget amendment on Thursday that would have opened the door to negotiations on expanding Medicaid, the House reconsidered the measure, prompting the author to withdraw it.
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Agenda Texas: Medicaid Expansion and the Week Ahead
On today’s Agenda Texas from KUT News and The Texas Tribune: A look at what’s ahead for the House and Senate in the last eight weeks of the legislative session, along with an update on the debate over Medicaid expansion.
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Texas Lawmakers Fight Over Medicaid Expansion
Gov. Rick Perry and other top GOP leaders said Medicaid is broken, and adding more Texans to the program would bankrupt the state. Expansion advocates said it would reduce the state’s uninsured population, largely on the federal dime.
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Guest Column: Expanding Medicaid Would Weaken It
Expanding Medicaid in Texas would weaken it, and weakening Medicaid would be a disservice to the Texans who now depend on it.
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Demographics
Guest Column: Minority Voters Aren’t Anti-Government
In their quest to woo minority voters, Republican leaders are missing something important: Most of those voters won’t buy the party’s anti-government message.
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Senate Approves Overhaul of Long-Term Medicaid Care
The Texas Senate unanimously approved an overhaul of long-term and acute care Medicaid services on Monday in an effort to expand care to more Texans with disablities while saving millions of state dollars.
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Medicaid Expansion Sparks Debate Over Asset Tests
Gov. Rick Perry said last week that any Medicaid overhaul in Texas should include so-called asset testing, “to ensure care is there for those who really need it most.” With lawmakers eyeing a Medicaid expansion, such testing is stirring debate.
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Austin Clinic Tests Effectiveness of Coordinating Care
A pilot program at Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin hopes to show that coordinating care for medically needy children improves the quality of care and reduces costs.
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Perry Asks Congressional Delegation to Fight for Medicaid Flexibility
Ahead of his Thursday speech before the Conservative Political Action Conference, Gov. Rick Perry has sent a letter to members of Texas’ congressional delegation asking them to fight for flexibility for the state’s Medicaid program.
