Texans Brace for Supreme Court's Upcoming Health Care Ruling
State officials, insurers and physicians are preparing for how the Supreme Court's pending ruling on the Affordable Care Act could influence health care in Texas. Full Story
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Texas-Based Projects Win Millions in Health Care Innovation Awards
The federal Health and Human Services Department announced 81 federal grants Friday. Texas will benefit from nine projects that are receiving about $100 million in federal funds that will be distributed over the next three years. Full Story
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Hot Over Funding Plan, Private Hospitals Seek Meeting With Perry
The presidents of Texas’ five biggest private hospital systems have asked Gov. Rick Perry for a sit-down meeting, saying negotiations with the state's health agency over how they’re reimbursed for uncompensated care have deteriorated. Full Story
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For Some Pharmacists, Changes Are Causing Pain
Independent pharmacists say they see a system working against them with the state's switch this spring to Medicaid managed care. Full Story
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Video: Medicaid Overhaul Causes Some Pharmacists Pain
Independent pharmacists in Texas say they're concerned about lawmakers' decision to curb state health costs by including pharmacy benefits in the expansion of Medicaid managed care to the Rio Grande Valley. Full Story
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Could HHSC Face a Public Ed-Sized Leadership Void?
First, the state’s Medicaid director announced he was retiring. Now, Health and Human Services chief Tom Suehs says he hasn’t decided whether he will quit in August. Will HHSC rival public education for next session's biggest leadership void? Full Story
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HHSC Commissioner Tom Suehs Retiring
Texas Health and Human Services Commissioner Tom Suehs, who has overseen the state's massive health agency since 2009, is retiring at the end of August. Full Story
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Video: Looking at the State of Abortion in Texas
In Part 4 of the Tribune's series on family planning, we take a closer look at how abortion has shifted public policy in Texas in recent years — and where the political battle may be headed next. Full Story
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Closer Look at UT/TT Poll Shows Partisan Split on Planned Parenthood
As the state of Texas and Planned Parenthood prepare to face off in federal court this week, a recent UT/TT poll shows that favorability ratings for Planned Parenthood are aligned with party affiliation in the state. Full Story
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Facing Accusations in California, Hospital Company Looks to Texas
A California hospital company facing allegations it inflated disease diagnoses to bill Medicare for more expensive conditions — including a form of Third World malnutrition rarely found in the U.S. — is edging into Texas. Full Story
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Inside Intelligence: Health Care, Anyone? Schools?
For this week's nonscientific survey of government and political insiders, we asked questions from the most recent University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll on federal health care laws, Texas public schools and anti-tax pledges. Full Story
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Hunger Study: One in Four Texas Children at Risk
A new study by Feeding America, a hunger-relief charity, says that in 2010, 27.1 percent of Texas children faced food insecurity, defined by the USDA as lacking consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life. Full Story
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In Central Texas, Cases of Elderly Neglect on the Rise
Last year, almost 30,000 elderly Texans were victims of abuse, neglect or exploitation. As Matt Largey of KUT News reports, the problem is especially pronounced in Central Texas, where the elderly population is growing rapidly. Full Story
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Video: State Government and Family Planning
In Part 3 of our Fertile Ground series, The Texas Tribune takes a historical look at the role of government in family planning — a long-standing women's health initiative that has become entangled in the battle over abortion. Full Story
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Economists: Private Job Gains Offset Government Losses
Economists don’t think the loss of state jobs will have a significant continuing impact on the Texas economy. Full Story
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UT/TT Poll: Little Love for Legislative Branch
Texans dislike Congress and rank the courts as their favorite branch of government. They're also hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn all or part of the federal health care law. Full Story
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UT/TT Poll: Texans Stand Behind Death Penalty
Texans favor the death penalty, even with the alternative of life without parole. They are also nominally in favor of abortion rights and are more likely than not to favor medically assisted suicide for terminal patients. Full Story
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State's Medicaid Chief Retiring
Billy Millwee, who oversees the state's giant Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance programs, will retire in August. He has directed the health coverage plans, which account for nearly a quarter of the state's total budget, since early 2010. Full Story
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State Won't Seek Federal Funds to Prolong Health Program
In its latest rejection of federal dollars, Texas will not reapply for a grant to keep operating a program that helps consumers enroll in health coverage and file complaints and appeals against health plans. Full Story
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On the Records: Texas One of Five "Minority-Majority" States
According to demographic data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau, 55.2 percent of Texas' 2011 population was of a race other than non-Hispanic white, making it one of five "minority-majority" states in the nation. Full Story
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