Aaronson maps Medicaid patients’ access to pharmacies, Aguilar on Mexicans in exile, Batheja on an unlikely threat to a veteran lawmaker’s re-election, Galbraith and Murphy interactively track reservoir levels around the state, Grissom on the ringleaders who rule the state’s largest youth lockup, Hamilton on how much Texas professors are paid, Ramsey on who’s conservative, Ramshaw and Tan on the latest Planned Parenthood kerfuffle, Root on what Santorum’s exit means for the Texas primary, and parts 4 (by M. Smith) and 5 (by Tan and Dehn) of our series on school district closures: The best of our best content from April 9-13, 2012.
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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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Planned Parenthood Files Suit to Halt Exclusion From Health Program
Planned Parenthood branches in Texas have filed a federal lawsuit in an effort to block their exclusion from the state’s Women’s Health Program.
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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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Suehs: State Could Use Block Grants to Free Up Women’s Health Dollars
In a fiscal switcheroo, Texas could free up state dollars to fund the embattled Women’s Health Program by seeking federal block grants for other programs, the state’s health commissioner wrote in a letter to House Democrats on Tuesday.
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aaronson interactively maps Texas Medicaid providers, Aguilar talks legalization with the head of the Drug Policy Alliance, Galbraith on farmers watering what they know won’t grow, Grisson sits down with exoneree Michael Morton, Hamilton on the elusive $10,000 college degree, Murphy et al. update the 2012 election brackets, Ramsey on Bill Ratliff’s frank budget analysis, Ramshaw on a hospital where the overweight need not apply, Root on Joe Straus’ primary opponent and Tan rounds up reactions to the Supreme Court’s health care hearings: The best of our best content from March 26-30, 2012.
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Bill Ratliff, Free to Speak His Mind, Tackles Budget
A Republican former lieutenant governor laments the cuts in public education spending and the Legislature’s reliance on borrowing and accounting tricks to balance the state budget.
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Video: Texas Banking on Health Care Reform Repeal
Texas has spent its energy fighting federal health reform, not working to implement it. So what happens if the U.S. Supreme Court upholds it? In partnership with the Tribune, KTRK-TV’s Ted Oberg reports.
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Supreme Court Hearings on Health Reforms: Day 3
This Storify timeline summarizes reaction to the second day of the Supreme Court’s hearings on federal health care reform. We also preview the agenda for the third and final day of oral arguments.
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Video: Health Care Reform Could Mean Patients Being Turned Away
KTRK-TV’s Ted Oberg has partnered with the Tribune to explain how the state’s shortage of primary care doctors could get worse if the Supreme Court upholds the Affordable Care Act.
