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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

By Evan Smith March 31, 2012

Aaronson interactively maps Texas Medicaid providers, Aguilar talks legalization with the head of the Drug Policy Alliance, Galbraith on farmers watering what they know won't grow, Grisson sits down with exoneree Michael Morton, Hamilton on the elusive $10,000 college degree, Murphy et al. update the 2012 election brackets, Ramsey on Bill Ratliff's frank budget analysis, Ramshaw on a hospital where the overweight need not apply, Root on Joe Straus' primary opponent and Tan rounds up reactions to the Supreme Court's health care hearings: The best of our best content from March 26-30, 2012. Full Story

Credit: Graphic by Todd Wiseman
Bill Ratliff, Free to Speak His Mind, Tackles Budget

By Ross Ramsey March 30, 2012

A Republican former lieutenant governor laments the cuts in public education spending and the Legislature's reliance on borrowing and accounting tricks to balance the state budget. Full Story

Credit: Bob Daemmrich
Video: Texas Banking on Health Care Reform Repeal

By Ted Oberg, KTRK-TV March 28, 2012

Texas has spent its energy fighting federal health reform, not working to implement it. So what happens if the U.S. Supreme Court upholds it? In partnership with the Tribune, KTRK-TV's Ted Oberg reports. Full Story

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Supreme Court Hearings on Health Reforms: Day 3

By Thanh Tan March 28, 2012

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

Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman
Video: Health Care Reform Could Mean Patients Being Turned Away

By Ted Oberg, KTRK-TV March 27, 2012

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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Supreme Court Hearings on Health Reforms: Day 2

By Thanh Tan March 27, 2012

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

Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman
Video: Affordable Care Act Had Key Role in Houston Boy's Treatment

By Ted Oberg, KTRK-TV March 26, 2012

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

Credit: Charles Fisher, KTRK-TV
Women's Health Care Storm Had Been Brewing

By Emily Ramshaw and Thanh Tan March 23, 2012

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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Hutchison: Perry Should Keep Federal Funding for Women's Health Program

By Thanh Tan March 22, 2012

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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Abbott Sues Feds Over Women's Health Program

By Emily Ramshaw March 16, 2012

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

Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera
Video: On Fox News, Perry Promises to Fight Feds Over Voter ID, Women's Health

By Thanh Tan March 16, 2012

"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
Feds to Halt Funding for Women's Health Program

By Emily Ramshaw and Thanh Tan March 15, 2012

Federal health officials announced Thursday what state leaders have predicted for weeks: that they are halting funding for Texas' Women's Health Program. Full Story

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Without Planned Parenthood, What's Next for Health Program?

By Thanh Tan March 14, 2012

A state rule that forces Planned Parenthood out of Texas' Women's Health Program takes effect today. But the transition will take a few weeks. Full Story

Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera
Storify Timeline: See How Controversy Over Health Program Has Unfolded

By Thanh Tan March 12, 2012

This Storify timeline looks at how the controversy over the Texas Women's Health Program has unfolded. Full Story

Credit: Graphic by Erich Schlegel / Than Tan / Todd Wiseman
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

By Ross Ramsey March 10, 2012

Aaronson on the four-year wait for housing assistance after two hurricanes, Aguilar on George P. Bush's plan to bring Hispanics into the GOP, Hamilton on low graduation rates at state universities, Murphy maps what redistricting did to you, Ramshaw and (Belluck of the New York Times) on Texas vs. Planned Parenthood, Root reports on a legislator who could double-dip but won't, M. Smith and Murphy interactively illustrate job losses in Texas schools over the last year and Tan on what cuts have done to Medicare and Medicaid providers: The best of our best content from March 5 to 9, 2012. Full Story

Credit: Graphic by Todd Wiseman
Feds Won't Renew Women's Health Program

By Emily Ramshaw March 9, 2012

The federal government will not renew the Women's Health Program, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in Houston on Friday. Full Story

Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera
State Cuts Squeezing the Doctors for Elderly Poor

By Thanh Tan March 9, 2012

After the state reduced its share of co-payments for Texans who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, doctors who treat such patients are seeing revenue disruptions. Full Story

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Perry: Texas Will Fund Women's Health Program

By Emily Ramshaw and Jay Root March 8, 2012

Gov. Rick Perry said Texas will continue to fund the Women’s Health Program no matter what the federal government does. But Planned Parenthood won't be able to participate — and the program likely won't operate under Medicaid. Full Story

Credit: Bob Daemmrich
Women's Clinics Retreat As Finances Are Cut

By Emily Ramshaw, The Texas Tribune, and Pam Belluck, The New York Times March 8, 2012

For the state's social conservatives, forgoing family planning funding is a small price to pay to send a powerful message: They want Planned Parenthood out of Texas. Full Story

Credit: Eddie Seal
Hundreds Attend Rally Targeting Possible End of Women's Health Program

By Holly Heinrich March 6, 2012

The rally at the state Capitol drew progressive political activists, local musicians, state representatives and women’s health clinic employees. Full Story

Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera