Health Care
[Updated} Senate Passes Sonogram Bill For the Second Time This Session
Updated May 4, 9:28 a.m. Rep. Sid Miller, House sponsor of the sonogram bill, announced Wednesday morning he accepts the Senate’s amendments passed on Mon...Read More
The Lege That Rocks the Cradle
Some women may argue that this hasn’t been a good session for women, which is their right, at least for now. But all Texas women should feel secure in the kno...Read More
PACE-d Progress for Program to Help Elderly Stay at Home
With all the talk of closing nursing homes and kicking granny to the curb, it was refreshing to hear Texas lawmakers discuss a bill aimed at improving care for ...Read More
Immigrant Healthcare is a National Concern
From NewsTaco, where this blog was first published. This makes perfect sense, and it puts the debate where it should go: in the realm of public health. Accordin...Read More
[Updated] Sonogram’s 24-Hr Provision to Exempt Rural Counties
The deal between House members and one Senate Democrat has paved the way for the controversial legislation
Update, April 12, 2011, 12:20 p.m.: The State Affairs Committee voted the new sonogram bill out of committee with a vote of six to two. The committee’s tw...Read More
Will Misinformation Endanger Women’s Health Program?
This post has been corrected (see below). At the Legislature this session, facts are sometimes awfully inconvenient, especially when the subject is Planned Pare...Read More
Sonogram Bill Revived After Possible Deal With Democrat
After a month of negotiations and a possible deal with Sen. Uresti, Texas pro-lifers will likely pass their sonogram bill.
After more than a month of negotiations between House and Senate leaders, it looks like the path has been cleared for the sonogram bill to become law. While bot...Read More
Family planning loses two-thirds of funding after budget amendments
UPDATED April 5, 12:00 P.M. The Texas House approved seven budget amendments today that will cut two-thirds of funding for family planning services in the ...Read More
Intent To Harm
The new doctor in town was friendly, popular—and dangerous. Especially to the nurses who reported his bizarre treatments.
Before everything happened, nurse Anne Mitchell says Kermit had a good little hospital. “We had an excellent nursing staff. We had great doctors. We provided ...Read More