The latest Medicaid news from The Texas Tribune.
In a fiscal switcheroo, Texas could free up state dollars to fund the embattled Women's Health Program by seeking federal block grants for other programs, the state's health commissioner wrote in a letter to House Democrats on Tuesday. Full Story
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Aaronson interactively maps Texas Medicaid providers, Aguilar talks legalization with the head of the Drug Policy Alliance, Galbraith on farmers watering what they know won't grow, Grisson sits down with exoneree Michael Morton, Hamilton on the elusive $10,000 college degree, Murphy et al. update the 2012 election brackets, Ramsey on Bill Ratliff's frank budget analysis, Ramshaw on a hospital where the overweight need not apply, Root on Joe Straus' primary opponent and Tan rounds up reactions to the Supreme Court's health care hearings: The best of our best content from March 26-30, 2012. Full Story
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A Republican former lieutenant governor laments the cuts in public education spending and the Legislature's reliance on borrowing and accounting tricks to balance the state budget. Full Story
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Texas has spent its energy fighting federal health reform, not working to implement it. So what happens if the U.S. Supreme Court upholds it? In partnership with the Tribune, KTRK-TV's Ted Oberg reports. Full Story
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This Storify timeline summarizes reaction to the second day of the Supreme Court's hearings on federal health care reform. We also preview the agenda for the third and final day of oral arguments. Full Story
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KTRK-TV's Ted Oberg has partnered with the Tribune to explain how the state's shortage of primary care doctors could get worse if the Supreme Court upholds the Affordable Care Act. Full Story
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This Storify timeline looks at the first day of the Supreme Court's hearings on federal health reforms, with reaction from Gov. Rick Perry and Attorney General Greg Abbott. Full Story
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In partnership with the Tribune, KTRK-TV's Ted Oberg tells the story of how at least one aspect of the Affordable Care Act helped save the life of a Houston boy. Full Story
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It took years of bipartisan efforts for the Women's Health Program to even begin. Today, it is the subject of a bitter political divide. No one should be surprised. Full Story
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U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison appeared on MSNBC's The Daily Rundown to defend Planned Parenthood and urge Gov. Rick Perry to re-consider federal funding for the Women's Health Program. Full Story
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Attorney General Greg Abbott has filed yet another lawsuit against the federal government, this one, no surprise, over the Women's Health Program. Full Story
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"We're having to spend a lot of money and time protecting our right to make sovereign decisions from this administration," Perry said during a Fox News interview. Full Story
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Federal health officials announced Thursday what state leaders have predicted for weeks: that they are halting funding for Texas' Women's Health Program. Full Story
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A state rule that forces Planned Parenthood out of Texas' Women's Health Program takes effect today. But the transition will take a few weeks. Full Story
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This Storify timeline looks at how the controversy over the Texas Women's Health Program has unfolded. Full Story
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Aaronson on the four-year wait for housing assistance after two hurricanes, Aguilar on George P. Bush's plan to bring Hispanics into the GOP, Hamilton on low graduation rates at state universities, Murphy maps what redistricting did to you, Ramshaw and (Belluck of the New York Times) on Texas vs. Planned Parenthood, Root reports on a legislator who could double-dip but won't, M. Smith and Murphy interactively illustrate job losses in Texas schools over the last year and Tan on what cuts have done to Medicare and Medicaid providers: The best of our best content from March 5 to 9, 2012. Full Story
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The federal government will not renew the Women's Health Program, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in Houston on Friday. Full Story
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After the state reduced its share of co-payments for Texans who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, doctors who treat such patients are seeing revenue disruptions. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry said Texas will continue to fund the Women’s Health Program no matter what the federal government does. But Planned Parenthood won't be able to participate — and the program likely won't operate under Medicaid. Full Story
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For the state's social conservatives, forgoing family planning funding is a small price to pay to send a powerful message: They want Planned Parenthood out of Texas. Full Story
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