Video: U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison Reacts to Health Care Ruling
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison reacts to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold the health care overhaul. Full Story
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Texans React to Health Care Ruling
The Supreme Court's decision on Thursday to uphold the Affordable Care Act is sending tidal waves through Texas — particularly the state's GOP leadership. Here's a look at what Texas politicos and pundits are saying. Full Story
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With Health Reform Constitutional, What Happens in Texas?
What Thursday's Supreme Court decision means for Texas, where leaders have opposed “Obamacare” despite the state's sky-high rate of uninsured residents, is complicated, both by politics and by the state's history of rejecting federal dollars. Full Story
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Managed Care Cuts Anger Disability, In-Home Care Groups
One of the state's Medicaid managed care plans is slashing the rates it pays for attendants to help the disabled and elderly with long-term care care — angering in-home health providers and sparking fears that other plans could follow suit. Full Story
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Video: Where Did Family Planning Money Go?
In Part 5 of the Tribune's "Fertile Ground" series, we track the fallout from the Texas Legislature's decision last year to shift two-thirds of family planning funds to other causes, including crisis pregnancy centers. Full Story
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Letter Urges HHSC to Block Abortion-Related Proposal
Democratic legislators have asked the health commissioner to halt a proposed rule, stemming from legislation introduced by Rep. Bill Zedler, that would require women seeking abortions to report more personal information. Full Story
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As Waistlines Grow, So Does Taxpayer Spending on Weight-Loss Surgery
As the ranks of the obese in Texas have swelled, so too has state and federal lawmakers’ comfort with forking over taxpayer dollars for weight-loss surgery for the elderly and the indigent. Full Story
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Interactive: Measuring Taxpayer-Funded Weight-Loss Surgeries in Texas
Despite lawmakers' efforts to cinch the belt on health care costs, state and federal spending on weight-loss surgeries in Texas is bulging. Use our interactive to track taxpayer spending in Texas on bariatric surgeries, and to see where these procedures are happening most. Full Story
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Advocates Worry Cuts to Food Aid Programs Could Hurt Texas Families
As legislators tinker with what some say is the cornerstone of America's food safety net, some Texans are concerned about what cuts could mean for low-income families, if they come to fruition. Full Story
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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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