Outside of the Capitol, some momentum for Medicaid expansion is building with the state’s two largest health care trade associations announcing their support for extending coverage to low-income adults.
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Medicaid Fraud Recovery Tops $1 Billion
The Texas attorney general’s office is touting a new state record — $1 billion in Medicaid fraud recoveries over the last decade.
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Medicaid Expansion in Spotlight as Session Heats Up
Will Texas expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act? That’s the $100 billion question this session at the Capitol, where supporters of federal health care reform may be gaining traction.
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Updated: Senate Finance Grills Doctor on Medicaid Fraud Allegations
A lead senator on the Senate Finance Committee had tough questions about allegations of Medicaid fraud and whether dental clincs are hurting Texas children.
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TribLive: Williams and Pitts on Medicaid
At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, state Sen. Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, and state Rep. Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, discussed what the state should do about its exploding Medicaid obligations.
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Report: State Should Put Politics Aside, Expand Medicaid
Texas’ Republican leadership is adamant that Texas will not expand Medicaid, a major tenet of federal health reform. A report by the state’s former deputy comptroller and former chief revenue estimator suggests that would be short-sighted.
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Two from Two Years Ago: Medicaid and Women’s Health
Debates on Texas Medicaid financing and the Texas Women’s Health Program will dominate the health care arena in the coming weeks.
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Sarah Weddington: The TT Interview
On the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade — the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized abortion — the lawyer who successfully argued the case talks with the Tribune about women’s rights and recent anti-abortion legislation
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Interactive: Are There Enough Women’s Health Program Providers?
This interactive map shows the locations of Planned Parenthood clinics excluded from the new Texas Women’s Health Program, overlaid with the non-Planned Parenthood providers that have agreed to treat state-subsidized patients in those areas.
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Struggling Pharmacy Will Shut Its Doors
A South Texas pharmacy featured in a June Tribune article on independent pharmacists struggling to adapt to lower Medicaid reimbursement rates will shut its doors on Friday.
