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.
Health care
In-depth reporting on public health, healthcare policy, hospitals, and wellness issues shaping communities across Texas, from The Texas Tribune.
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Interactive: Mapping Women’s Health Program Providers in Texas
The Women’s Health Program is set to expire in March because the federal government won’t allow Texas to exclude clinics like Planned Parenthood. This interactive map compares the locations of those clinics to the locations of other providers.
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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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Health care
Health Care Assistance Program to Shut Down
A program created to help insurance-seekers in Texas cut through the complexities of federal health care reforms is shutting down in April, years before the law goes into full effect.
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Health care
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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Health care
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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Health care
Two Sonogram Bills, Two Different Reactions
Despite their striking similarities, Texas’ abortion sonogram bill and Virginia’s abortion sonogram bill were debated at very different times, and under very different circumstances — leading to a very different national reaction.
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Criminal Justice
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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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
UT/TT Poll: Economy, Border Issues Are Texans’ Biggest Concerns
At the national level, voters are concerned about pocketbook issues, while at home immigration is the top problem.
