A joint interim committee is charging ahead in the state’s effort to persuade the federal government to give it more flexibility to run its Medicaid program.
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Republican Leaders Like Women’s Health Program — But Won’t Rescue It
The Legislature’s ranking public health leaders praise the success of the Women’s Health Program. But they won’t let Planned Parenthood participate in order to save the program from extinction.
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Texans Accused of $375 Million Health Care Fraud
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid today announced the indictment of seven Texans who allegedly conspired to commit $375 million in health care fraud.
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Lawmakers Monitoring Health Care Reform’s Effect on Texas
Texas may be challenging federal health care reform in court, but as Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports, state lawmakers are still monitoring how the law will affect costs and care in Texas.
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Health Leaders Say They’re Ready for Federal Reforms — If They Must Be
Texas lawmakers met on Monday to address a pressing problem: the possibility the state will really have to implement federal health care reforms.
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Perry’s Surgeon Has Been Critical of Health Policies
The doctor performing Gov. Rick Perry’s clavicle surgery on Friday happens to be the president of the Texas Medical Association — and a vocal critic of some of the governor’s women’s health policies.
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The Rubber Meets the Road
Texas joined six other states and a handful of Catholic organizations in suing the federal government to block requirements that all employers include coverage for contraceptives in employees’ health care benefits.
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Texas Joins Lawsuit to Fight Contraceptive Rule
Texas has joined six other states and a handful of Catholic organizations in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a new health care rule approved by the federal government that would require all employers to include coverage for contraceptives in employees’ health care benefits.
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Health Commissioner Signs Rule Banning Abortion Affiliates
Texas Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner Tom Suehs signed a rule today that formally bans Planned Parenthood clinics and other “affiliates of abortion providers” from the Women’s Health Program — likely ending the program.
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Opinions Are Mixed as Managed Health Care Makes Its Way to Valley
There is no consensus on the benefits of managed health care in the Rio Grande Valley, which had been the subject of a moratorium in three Valley counties.
