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WEBFull Story. Annie Mulligan for The Texas Tribune. Years ago, Texas hustled to get kids on state health care. Now it’s kicking them off. By Karen Brooks Harper April 2, …

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Proposed Medicaid changes could shake up coverage for …

WEBThe move, which has not been finalized, would drop three large health plans run for two decades by nonprofit children’s hospitals. Texas Children’s Hospital and …

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State’s premature release of bid documents touches off …

WEBBut at present, Aetna Better Health Texas is set to win seven new Medicaid contracts once the state finalizes its awards, which were announced March 7.

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Texas experts in rural communities rethinking health care …

WEBIncreasing access to health care. Across the country, 35 rural hospitals have closed in the last three years. To fill these gaps in Texas, panelists said, the state has to …

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Build Back Better could help cover Texans in the health …

WEBThe Build Back Better plan would help the more than 700,000 Texans not covered by insurance or Medicaid to pay for health insurance. The plan would steer money that …

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Texas Medicaid gaps can trap disabled Texans in hospitals …

WEBA woman’s fight to escape the hospital shows Medicaid’s limits for disabled Texans. Staffing shortages and mismanaged care can delay when Texans on some …

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Dallas selected as one of three national hubs for new …

WEBThe city joins Cambridge, Mass. and the Washington, D.C. area as epicenters of the new agency. A Biden administration initiative, Advanced Research …

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Texas settling trans records fight with Seattle hospital

WEBSuspecting that Seattle Children’s was providing youth in Texas with puberty blockers or hormone therapy, the attorney general’s office sent the Washington-based …

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Texas abortion transfer proposal worries doctors, lawyers …

WEBThe proposed guidance from the Texas Medical Board would require doctors to document whether there was time to transfer a patient “by any means available” to …

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When a free medical clinic opened in East Texas, thousands came …

WEBA free medical clinic opened in rural East Texas. Thousands poured in for help. Texas ranks last among states in access to health care and has the highest rate of …

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Texas struggles to diversify its mental health workforce The Texas

WEBMore than 40% of the state’s population is Hispanic, but its mental health provider population is more than 80% white. Hispanics make up the largest share of …

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Texas families could lose at-home nursing under stricter Medicaid …

WEBSome children who receive private duty nursing, a more continuous type of medical care in their homes, could lose their ability to live at home if an HHSC rule …

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Analysis: A health care problem too big for the Texas Legislature

WEBTexas has more uninsured people than any other state, whether you count in raw numbers (about 5.4 million) or in the uninsured percentage of the total population …

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Analysis: Rural Texas hospitals still searching for a remedy

WEBFrom 2010-20, 26 hospitals in 22 Texas communities in rural Texas closed, according to the Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals, known as …

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Texas, Idaho abortion bans test against federal emergency …

WEBThe U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments about the Idaho case April 24. Its ruling is expected to impact the Texas case, as well as the future of both state …

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Texas board offers new abortion exception guidance The Texas …

WEBExecutive Director of the Texas Medical Board Stephen Brint Carlton, J.D., speaks prior to the start of the board meeting in the George H.W. Bush Building in …

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A realistic framework for advancing health equity in Houston

WEBAn honest conversation about health equity in Houston can start in Settegast where after more than a century of disinvestment and discriminatory land use, the …

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Does UT Tyler deal with private equity shield doctors from …

WEBIf Garcia is employed by UT Health East Texas, a private, for-profit company, Simington could have sued under the typical medical malpractice statute. …

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What you need to know about toxic “forever chemicals” the EPA is

WEBSome estimates list more than 12,000 types of individual PFAS. The EPA says this makes it challenging to study and assess the potential human health and …

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Video: Trans man details life in Texas’ foster care system The …

WEBAfter Kayden Asher came out as transgender to his family and small Gulf Coast community, their rejection sent him into a spiral of mental health episodes that …

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Here’s how to vote in Texas’ May 28 runoff elections

WEBThe last day to register to vote is April 29. Early voting runs from May 20-24. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to …

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Charges against state Rep. Frederick Frazier are dismissed The …

WEBIn June 2022, state Rep. Frederick Frazier was indicted on two charges of impersonating a public servant. A Collin County district judge dismissed the …

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Allen residents say mass shooting has shattered city’s sense of …

WEBA mass shooting at this suburb’s community hub — the outlet mall — has punctured the sense of security that drew many to Allen. “That could have been me and …

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