The Weekly TribCast: Episode 125
Reeve, Emily, Jay and Kate talk about a Texas hospital that won't hire obese workers, Texas farmers watering crops that won't grow, and the primary challenge for the Speaker of the Texas House. Full Story
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First Minority Cancer Month Highlights Disparities
Lawmakers and health care advocates gathered today to kick off the state's first annual Minority Cancer Awareness Month, designated in the last legislative session to bring awareness to racial disparities in cancer survival. Full Story
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Supreme Court Hearings on Health Reforms: Day 3
This Storify timeline summarizes reaction to the second day of the Supreme Court's hearings on federal health care reform. We also preview the agenda for the third and final day of oral arguments. Full Story
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Video: Health Care Reform Could Mean Patients Being Turned Away
KTRK-TV's Ted Oberg has partnered with the Tribune to explain how the state's shortage of primary care doctors could get worse if the Supreme Court upholds the Affordable Care Act. Full Story
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Interactive: Mapping Texas Medicaid Providers
Where do Texas Medicaid patients go for health services? This interactive map shows where the state's most active Medicaid providers are located in Texas and the number of county residents who were enrolled in Medicaid in fiscal year 2010. Full Story
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Supreme Court Hearings on Health Reforms: Day 2
This Storify timeline looks at the first day of the Supreme Court's hearings on federal health reforms, with reaction from Gov. Rick Perry and Attorney General Greg Abbott. Full Story
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Video: Affordable Care Act Had Key Role in Houston Boy's Treatment
In partnership with the Tribune, KTRK-TV's Ted Oberg tells the story of how at least one aspect of the Affordable Care Act helped save the life of a Houston boy. Full Story
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Supreme Court Hearings on the Affordable Care Act: What to Expect
All eyes will be on the U.S. Supreme Court this week as it holds hearings on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Full Story
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At Victoria Hospital, Obese Job Candidates Need Not Apply
A Victoria hospital already embroiled in a racial discrimination lawsuit has instituted a highly unusual hiring policy: It bans job applicants from employment for being too overweight. Full Story
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Updated: Lawsuit Can't Cover All Kids in Long-Term Foster Care
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the national child advocacy group Children's Rights cannot file its class-action suit on behalf of all 12,000 youth in Texas' long-term foster care system. Full Story
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Women's Health Care Storm Had Been Brewing
It took years of bipartisan efforts for the Women's Health Program to even begin. Today, it is the subject of a bitter political divide. No one should be surprised. Full Story
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Combs and the Perils of Political Adaptation
Adaptation is a tricky business, especially in the political realm, where sudden and surprising changes can become perilous "flip-flops." Full Story
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TribLive: Sadler Defends "Obamacare"
At this morning's TribLive conversation, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Paul Sadler unhesitatingly argued against repealing the Affordable Care Act. Full Story
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Hutchison: Perry Should Keep Federal Funding for Women's Health Program
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison appeared on MSNBC's The Daily Rundown to defend Planned Parenthood and urge Gov. Rick Perry to re-consider federal funding for the Women's Health Program. Full Story
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Interactive: Mapping Women's Reproductive Health in Texas
Texas women’s reproductive rights have drawn attention lately over the federal government's decision to cut funding for the state’s Women’s Health Program. Use this interactive to see just how many pregnancies, births and abortions occur across the Lone Star State. Full Story
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Senate Committee Tackles Rural Child Welfare
Child Protective Services officials got an earful on Wednesday at a Senate hearing on improving the caseworker retention rates in rural communities. And they got a minor scolding from Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville. Full Story
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Updated Interactive: Texas vs. the Feds
The Texas redistricting case is closed, but Texas still has 17 lawsuits pending against the federal government. This updated interactive includes the latest lawsuit filed regarding the Women's Health Program. Full Story
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Inside Intelligence: On Retirement, Term Limits and Planned Parenthood
Will the Planned Parenthood brouhaha affect elections? Should state officeholders be able to collect retirement while they're still on the job? And should Texas lawmakers have term limits? Full Story
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Abbott Sues Feds Over Women's Health Program
Attorney General Greg Abbott has filed yet another lawsuit against the federal government, this one, no surprise, over the Women's Health Program. Full Story
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Video: On Fox News, Perry Promises to Fight Feds Over Voter ID, Women's Health
"We're having to spend a lot of money and time protecting our right to make sovereign decisions from this administration," Perry said during a Fox News interview. Full Story
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