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Articles tagged: healthcare

by Rachel Pearson

We Were the Safety Net

From Rachel Pearson's "No Apparent Distress: A Doctor’s Coming of Age on the Front Lines of American Medicine," this excerpt is featured in our April issue.

Mon, May 15, 2017 |

We Were the Safety Net As a medical student in Galveston, Rachel Pearson learned as much in her work at St. Vincent’s, a student-run charity clinic, as in...Read More

Sunset Commission Issues Brutal Report on Dept. of State Health Services

Wed, Jun 18, 2014 |

The Sunset Advisory Commission will meet next week to hear testimony on its devastating assessment of the Department of State Health Services....Read More

Why Asking Texas Drivers About Mental Illness is Dumb

Fri, Jan 17, 2014 |

A quarter of Americans will suffer from a psychiatric disorder in a given year. Should they be able to drive?...Read More

UTMB Children's Children's Hospital in Galveston

by Jonathan McNamara

Observer Radio Episode 34: Jails, Healthcare and Word Geekery

Fri, Nov 15, 2013 |

Rachel Pearson joins us to discuss her recent story about experiencing the healthcare system's shortcomings first-hand at a volunteer clinic in Galveston. ...Read More

Texas on the Brink: Too Few Graduates, Too Many Uninsured

by Emily Mathis

Tue, Apr 16, 2013

The bottom line, say the representatives who participated in the group, is that Texas has some major work to do. Rep. Garnet Coleman (D-Houston), who led the 20...Read More

Hot List: Day 98 of Legislature

Mon, Apr 15, 2013 |

Rep. Jim Pitts, chair of the House Appropriations Committee, said a supplemental education bill is on the way. ...Read More

Hot List: Day 87 of the Legislature

by Emily Mathis

Thu, Apr 4, 2013

It's budget day in the House!...Read More

by Melissa del Bosque

The Clock is Ticking for Texas on Medicaid Expansion

Tue, Mar 5, 2013 |

Back in 2010 Governor Rick Perry compared the passage of the Affordable Care Act—aka Obamacare— to something like Godzilla crushing the Statue of Liberty. �...Read More

Dewhurst, Nelson Support Healthcare Reform, not Medicaid Expansion

by Beth Cortez-Neavel

Wed, Jan 16, 2013

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst told reporters at a Wednesday morning press conference that he has no plans to put Medicaid expansion on the legislative table. “We c...Read More

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