Democratic legislators are questioning whether the Texas Women’s Health Program has an adequate network of health care providers in light of a state agency’s decision to pull the list of providers from a state website.
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Updated: Planned Parenthood Loses Bid for Texas WHP Injunction
Travis County District Judge Stephen Yelenosky on Friday refused to grant Planned Parenthood’s request for a temporary injunction to be included in the Texas Women’s Health Program.
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HHSC: New Women’s Health Program Has Enough Providers
The Health and Human Services Commission says the Texas Women’s Health Program has a greater capacity to serve impoverished women than its predecessor, a joint state-federal program that ended after the state excluded clinics affiliated with abortion providers.
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New Women’s Health Program Launches Amid Provider Concerns
State officials are optimistic about the new Texas Women’s Health Program, which launched this week amid a long-running legislative fight. But at least one state lawmaker thinks there’s a problem with the program’s list of providers.
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Judge Denies Request to Allow Planned Parenthood in Health Program
The state’s launch of the Texas Women’s Health Program will proceed as planned — without Planned Parenthood — on Jan. 1.
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The Future of the Women’s Health Program in Texas
The end is near for the federally funded Women’s Health Program. Could a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood really stand in the way of the state launching the Texas Women’s Health Program to replace it?
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In Battle’s Latest Turn, Planned Parenthood Allowed to Stay in Program
Planned Parenthood will continue participating in the Women’s Health Program, for now. On Thursday, a state district judge approved a temporary injunction to delay the state’s implementation of the “Affiliate Ban Rule.”
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Federal Medicaid Director: Funding for Women’s Health Program Expires at Year’s End
The federal government will halt funding for Texas’ Women’s Health Program on Dec. 31, the country’s Medicaid director wrote in a letter to state health officials the day after her boss, President Obama, was re-elected.
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Updated Interactive: Mapping Women’s Health Program Providers
As Texas continues a legal battle to keep Planned Parenthood out of the Women’s Health Program, this interactive map shows where the program providers are in relation to the women who could be eligible.
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Video: Where the State Women’s Health Program Stands
Women’s health providers in Texas have had Nov. 1 marked on their calendars for months. It was supposed to be the day the state-funded Women’s Health Program would launch. But it hasn’t. Not yet, at least.
