Dade Phelan’s Efforts to Expand Healthcare Still Leave Many Struggling in His District
The House speaker has never backed full Medicaid expansion, and GOP resistance could now harden.
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The House speaker has never backed full Medicaid expansion, and GOP resistance could now harden.
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Maternal mortality rates are too high in Texas and the U.S. in general. We could fix that.
In addition to external constraints, many tribal governments appear reluctant to actively fight for abortion access.
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