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Here’s the Story of One of the Millions of Texans Who …

WEBAccording to the latest data, from 2021, Texas has the country’s largest medically uninsured rate; more than five million Texans lack insurance, a number that …

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The Key to Mending the Economy

WEBOur state has the highest uninsured rate in the country. According to the latest census data, nearly 18 percent of Texans lack health insurance. In the oil refinery …

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Health Articles – Texas Monthly

WEBReporting and analysis about the innovation, trends, and business of medicine and health care

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1.4 Million More Texans Could Have Free Health …

WEBMost of these costs get passed on to other Texans via higher taxes, and some may result in higher health care bills for the privately insured. Yet according to a …

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A Lifeline for Rural Texas Hospitals Comes With Strings …

WEBA recent study from the Chartis Group, a Chicago-based health care consulting firm, determined that more than 50 percent of Texas’s rural hospitals are …

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A Skate Park, Health Center, and Library Will Open Under …

WEBThe 70,000-square-foot Alief Neighborhood Center combines the functions of the sixty-year-old recreation hall it replaces, with the added bonuses of a public …

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Texas’s Best Wellness Retreats – Texas Monthly

WEBDeer Lake Lodge / Montgomery. This eco-rustic compound is nestled in the Piney Woods and committed to cleansing you from all the junk in your mind, spirit, and, …

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Texas Refuses to Expand Medicaid. Here’s What We’re …

WEBTexas exemplifies the extremes of American health care. If you have good insurance, and you live in or near a big city, the state is among the best in the country in …

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Mismanaged Care – Texas Monthly

WEBA unique confluence of medicine, money, and politics is driving health care costs in the Rio Grande Valley. At the center of it all is a Democrat from Palmview, who is already under …

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In Galveston, a New First Response to Mental Health Crises

WEBMany 911 dispatchers are being trained to ask whether a caller is dealing with a mental health crisis. Among these efforts, a new program in Galveston is betting that its …

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Texas's Last Independent Reproductive Health Clinics Struggle To …

WEBThe clinic’s potential closure underscores the demise of the state’s reproductive health network following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision and …

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As Texas Throws 1.8 Million Off Medicaid, Children Pay the Price

WEBmore. Harper is among 1.8 million Texans who have been removed from the health insurance program since April 2023, and one of more than 15 million nationwide, …

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What the Bleep Is Going On With Texas Property Taxes

WEBOur home’s market value was $428,032 in 2021, but as you can see, we ultimately paid taxes on a much smaller amount: just under $300,000 for the city of Austin, Travis …

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Where We Rank – Texas Monthly

WEBFeature Where We Rank First in executions, last in the percentage of low-income children with health insurance— that much we knew. But how Texas compares with the rest of …

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Where Do Texas Abortion Laws Stand Now

WEBIn a statement emailed to Texas Monthly on Sunday, Amy O’Donnell, communications director for the anti-abortion group Texas Alliance for Life, expressed …

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Thanks to Newcomers, Texas Is Losing Ground on Water …

WEBPerhaps nowhere is the problem better illustrated than San Antonio, a nationally heralded success story for water conservation. To preserve the Edwards …

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What's Driving the Largest Nurse Strike in Texas History

WEBThe 64-year-old, who’s been a nurse for more than half her life, was among hundreds of RNs who withstood a record-breaking heat wave to participate in the largest …

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Opinion: Gun Violence Is Making Texas's Mental Health Crisis Worse

WEBThe impacts of firearm violence on mental health are complex. Exposure to it is associated with elevated rates of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, …

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Why a Former Anti-Vax Influencer Got Her COVID-19 Shot

WEBHealth Why a Former Anti-Vax Influencer Got Her COVID-19 Shot As vaccination rates slow, a Dallas woman who once garnered hundreds of thousands of …

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West Texas Is a Dangerous Place to Be Pregnant. It’s Getting Worse.

WEBPresidio is poor. The median household income is $20,700, one of the lowest in the U.S., though still well above Texas’s miserly Medicaid income eligibility limits. “We …

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