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Medicaid expansion

In Texas, pregnant women of color are less likely than white women to access prenatal care, and black and Hispanic babies have higher infant mortality rates.

Experts: Texas Must Tackle Racial Disparities in Prenatal Outcomes, Premature Births

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

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Despite Progress, Texas Leads in Uninsured Hispanic Kids

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Texas Needs a Nonviolent Revolution at the Polls

by Ronnie Dugger

Insurgent Medicine

by Daniel Blue Tyx

A special needs child reads at home. Aug 25, 2015

UPDATED: Cuts Threaten Therapy Services for Disabled Texas Kids

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Wendy Davis speaking Jul 29, 2014

Wendy Davis Needs to Be a Hero Again

by Forrest Wilder

Mar 07, 2014

Texas Media Underreports the Costs of Refusing Medicaid Expansion

by Bill Minutaglio

Inside this month's print issue

Molly Ivins on School Vouchers (1997)

Another bad idea whose time has come in the Texas Legislature is upon us. It's time to revive my old proposal that Texas be made into a national laboratory for bad government. Having a bad idea in your state? Come to Texas and see how it works out in practice.

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Members of the Texas Chapter of ADAPT celebrate the United States Supreme Court’s upholding of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, in front of the Texas Capitol. Aug 02, 2013

Q&A with Rep. John Zerwas on Lege Failure to Pass Healthcare Expansion

by Melissa del Bosque

Mar 05, 2013

The Clock is Ticking for Texas on Medicaid Expansion

by Melissa del Bosque

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