This Storify timeline looks at the first day of the Supreme Court’s hearings on federal health reforms, with reaction from Gov. Rick Perry and Attorney General Greg Abbott.
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Video: Affordable Care Act Had Key Role in Houston Boy’s Treatment
In partnership with the Tribune, KTRK-TV’s Ted Oberg tells the story of how at least one aspect of the Affordable Care Act helped save the life of a Houston boy.
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Women’s Health Care Storm Had Been Brewing
It took years of bipartisan efforts for the Women’s Health Program to even begin. Today, it is the subject of a bitter political divide. No one should be surprised.
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Hutchison: Perry Should Keep Federal Funding for Women’s Health Program
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison appeared on MSNBC’s The Daily Rundown to defend Planned Parenthood and urge Gov. Rick Perry to re-consider federal funding for the Women’s Health Program.
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Abbott Sues Feds Over Women’s Health Program
Attorney General Greg Abbott has filed yet another lawsuit against the federal government, this one, no surprise, over the Women’s Health Program.
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Video: On Fox News, Perry Promises to Fight Feds Over Voter ID, Women’s Health
“We’re having to spend a lot of money and time protecting our right to make sovereign decisions from this administration,” Perry said during a Fox News interview.
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Feds to Halt Funding for Women’s Health Program
Federal health officials announced Thursday what state leaders have predicted for weeks: that they are halting funding for Texas’ Women’s Health Program.
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Without Planned Parenthood, What’s Next for Health Program?
A state rule that forces Planned Parenthood out of Texas’ Women’s Health Program takes effect today. But the transition will take a few weeks.
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Storify Timeline: See How Controversy Over Health Program Has Unfolded
This Storify timeline looks at how the controversy over the Texas Women’s Health Program has unfolded.
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aaronson on the four-year wait for housing assistance after two hurricanes, Aguilar on George P. Bush’s plan to bring Hispanics into the GOP, Hamilton on low graduation rates at state universities, Murphy maps what redistricting did to you, Ramshaw and (Belluck of the New York Times) on Texas vs. Planned Parenthood, Root reports on a legislator who could double-dip but won’t, M. Smith and Murphy interactively illustrate job losses in Texas schools over the last year and Tan on what cuts have done to Medicare and Medicaid providers: The best of our best content from March 5 to 9, 2012.
