Since 1954
For nearly two decades, the state’s Medicaid Estate Recovery Program has filed repayment claims against Medicaid recipients after they die, threatening the inheritances of vulnerable Texans.
Democratic lawmakers say Texas’ new abortion ban compounds the many existing barriers to reproductive health care for the state’s poorest patients.
The state health agency continues to propose cutting services for families while leaving fully intact a program that funds anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers.
Texas' frequent eligibility checks for kids on Medicaid are on hold during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
A federal judge in Austin recently denied a patient’s appeal asking Medicare to cover the skyrocketing cost of her prescription.
Reproductive health advocates warn the decision provides a “dangerous roadmap” for other states to defund the health care provider.
Texas has the most uninsured kids in the nation. But state lawmakers have made it especially difficult for kids to stay on Medicaid.
When a rural hospital dies, the community around it starts to follow suit.
The Heidi Group’s quick rise and fall is a cautionary tale of prioritizing politics over proven health providers.
Community attendants had their $8-per-hour base wage boosted by only 11 cents this session — significantly less than what the governor and state health department requested.