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Medicaid

Burden of Proof

Inside one woman's fight against Texas' Medicaid Estate Recovery Program.

by Julie Poole

Keep Reading

West Texas Congressman’s ‘Big Beautiful’ Cuts Could Harm Rural Hospitals in His District

by Josephine Lee

This State Program Collects Money from the Deceased. Families Pay the Price.

by Julie Poole

Dade Phelan’s Efforts to Expand Healthcare Still Leave Many Struggling in His District

by Kim Krisberg

health care Sep 08, 2015

Insurgent Medicine

Physicians hope to revolutionize health care in the Valley with a simple prescription — access.

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

Planned Parenthood Aug 10, 2015

GOP Assault on Planned Parenthood Cuts Options for Low-Income Women

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Jul 16, 2015

What Repealing the Hyde Amendment Would Mean for Texas

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Jun 08, 2015

Cancer Survivors Demand Veto of Budget Measure that Excludes Planned Parenthood from Cancer Program

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Jun 03, 2015

Goodbye, 84th Texas Meh-gislature

by Christopher Hooks

women's health Apr 15, 2015

With Women’s Health Care Options Dwindling, More Take Up the Fight

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Medicaid, Obamacare and the Uninsured in Texas Feb 02, 2015

State of Texas: Medicaid, Obamacare and the Uninsured of Texas

by Melissa del Bosque

Dec 23, 2014

The Next 60: Agenda for a New Texas

“I have never heard of or seen in my 80 years watching Texas a more empathy-dead, society-wide INJUSTICE than the refusal of...tens of billions in Medicaid money.”

by Ronnie Dugger

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