The Republican vice presidential hopeful’s controversial plan for reforming Medicaid and Medicare bears strong similarities to bills Texas Republicans advocated for — and eventually passed — during the last legislative session.
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Approach to Medicaid Fraud Investigations Has Supporters and Critics
Medicaid fraud officials have won rave reviews for a new dollar-recovery strategy that lets them freeze funding to accused health providers while they pursue an investigation. But some doctors and dentists say there’s no due process.
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Despite Health Care Ruling, the State Can Wait
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold federal health reform — but to make the Medicaid expansion it requires essentially optional — has created, in the words of Donald Rumsfeld, a lot of “known unknowns” for Texas.
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Interactive Map: Women’s Health Program Providers
Use our interactive map to chart the locations of health care providers participating in Texas’ Women’s Health Program. Flip through various map styles to compare women’s health statistics statewide, or get a video tutorial here.
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At Capitol, Protesters Criticize Perry’s Medicaid Announcement
About 150 Texans gathered in front of Gov. Rick Perry’s Capitol office on Tuesday to protest his announcement that Texas would not expand Medicaid or establish a health insurance exchange.
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Perry: Texas Won’t Implement Key Elements of Federal Health Reform
Texas will not expand Medicaid or establish a health insurance exchange, two major tenets of the federal health reform that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld last month, Gov. Rick Perry said Monday morning.
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Managed Care Cuts Anger Disability, In-Home Care Groups
One of the state’s Medicaid managed care plans is slashing the rates it pays for attendants to help the disabled and elderly with long-term care care — angering in-home health providers and sparking fears that other plans could follow suit.
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As Waistlines Grow, So Does Taxpayer Spending on Weight-Loss Surgery
As the ranks of the obese in Texas have swelled, so too has state and federal lawmakers’ comfort with forking over taxpayer dollars for weight-loss surgery for the elderly and the indigent.
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Video: Medicaid Overhaul Causes Some Pharmacists Pain
Independent pharmacists in Texas say they’re concerned about lawmakers’ decision to curb state health costs by including pharmacy benefits in the expansion of Medicaid managed care to the Rio Grande Valley.
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For Some Pharmacists, Changes Are Causing Pain
Independent pharmacists say they see a system working against them with the state’s switch this spring to Medicaid managed care.
