The latest federal health reform news from The Texas Tribune.
Gov. Rick Perry’s decision to opt Texas out of the federal Medicaid expansion comes as the state's largest medical association has revealed that the number of Texas physicians accepting new Medicaid patients has dropped dramatically. Full Story
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Before he was the U.S. Supreme Court chief justice who helped save "Obamacare," John Roberts was friends with U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz, who described Roberts' controversial decision as "heartbreaking." Full Story
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The Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act last week cleared the way for its implementation. But for one very large segment of the Texas population, the new law will not apply. Full Story
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Thursday's court ruling, is, to paraphrase the vice president, a really big deal for the country and for Texas. Full Story
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The Supreme Court's ruling to uphold federal health reform represents a net defeat for Texas families struggling to afford health care in a market fatally distorted by government intervention and fiat. Full Story
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After the high court ruled on Thursday, members of Texas' congressional delegation — and other Texans on hand for the decision — reacted with equal parts joy and outrage. Full Story
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In the wake of Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding federal health reform, Texas must decide whether to expand Medicaid and whether to roll out a consumer marketplace for comparing and purchasing insurance coverage. Full Story
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U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison reacts to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold the health care overhaul. Full Story
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The Supreme Court's decision on Thursday to uphold the Affordable Care Act is sending tidal waves through Texas — particularly the state's GOP leadership. Here's a look at what Texas politicos and pundits are saying. Full Story
What Thursday's Supreme Court decision means for Texas, where leaders have opposed “Obamacare” despite the state's sky-high rate of uninsured residents, is complicated, both by politics and by the state's history of rejecting federal dollars. Full Story
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Despite lawmakers' efforts to cinch the belt on health care costs, state and federal spending on weight-loss surgeries in Texas is bulging. Use our interactive to track taxpayer spending in Texas on bariatric surgeries, and to see where these procedures are happening most. Full Story
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State officials, insurers and physicians are preparing for how the Supreme Court's pending ruling on the Affordable Care Act could influence health care in Texas. Full Story
The federal Health and Human Services Department announced 81 federal grants Friday. Texas will benefit from nine projects that are receiving about $100 million in federal funds that will be distributed over the next three years. Full Story
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Texans dislike Congress and rank the courts as their favorite branch of government. They're also hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn all or part of the federal health care law. Full Story
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Billy Millwee, who oversees the state's giant Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance programs, will retire in August. He has directed the health coverage plans, which account for nearly a quarter of the state's total budget, since early 2010. Full Story
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In its latest rejection of federal dollars, Texas will not reapply for a grant to keep operating a program that helps consumers enroll in health coverage and file complaints and appeals against health plans. Full Story
Expanding the role of advanced practice nurses in the next legislative session would add nearly 100,000 permanent jobs to the current Texas economy, according to a new report by economist Ray Perryman. Full Story
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The clock is ticking for reproductive health clinics that are affiliated with abortion providers — the state will force Planned Parenthood and others like them out of the Women’s Health Program early next month. Full Story
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In part two of "Fertile Ground," our occasional series on the battle over family planning, we go to West Texas to look at a fight that has centered on Planned Parenthood. Full Story
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Officials said Wednesday at a state Senate committee hearing that Texas' mental health system remains underfunded and that waits for care are getting longer for many in the state. Full Story
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