The federal government will not renew the Women’s Health Program, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in Houston on Friday.
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State Cuts Squeezing the Doctors for Elderly Poor
After the state reduced its share of co-payments for Texans who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, doctors who treat such patients are seeing revenue disruptions.
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Perry: Texas Will Fund Women’s Health Program
Gov. Rick Perry said Texas will continue to fund the Women’s Health Program no matter what the federal government does. But Planned Parenthood won’t be able to participate — and the program likely won’t operate under Medicaid.
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Women’s Clinics Retreat As Finances Are Cut
For the state’s social conservatives, forgoing family planning funding is a small price to pay to send a powerful message: They want Planned Parenthood out of Texas.
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Hundreds Attend Rally Targeting Possible End of Women’s Health Program
The rally at the state Capitol drew progressive political activists, local musicians, state representatives and women’s health clinic employees.
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Poll: Voters Don’t Want to Ban Planned Parenthood From Health Program
A new poll sponsored by Planned Parenthood found that 59 percent of likely Texas voters oppose efforts to keep the health provider’s clinics out of the joint state-federal Women’s Health Program. But the poll is likely to have critics.
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Planned Parenthood Laments Expected Demise of Women’s Health Program
A crowd gathered Friday at the Planned Parenthood Health Center in Austin to express concerns over the expected demise of the Women’s Health Program.
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Perry Blasts Obama Over Women’s Health Program
Gov. Rick Perry today added his own voice to the increasingly loud controversy over the expected demise of Texas’ Women’s Health Program.
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Suehs: Feds’ Stand on Women’s Health Program Sets Dangerous Precedent
In an uncharacteristically angry letter written as the Women’s Health Program circles the drain, the state health commissioner is blasting the Obama administration’s argument that Texas can’t exclude Planned Parenthood clinics.
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Prescription Drugs Rolled Into Managed Care, Despite Pharmacists’ Fears
Lawmakers have approved carving prescription drugs into Medicaid managed care to save Texas money — an estimated $100 million over the next biennium. But pharmacists worry lower reimbursement rates will drive them under.
