The latest Medicaid news from The Texas Tribune.
A new poll sponsored by Planned Parenthood found that 59 percent of likely Texas voters oppose efforts to keep the health provider's clinics out of the joint state-federal Women's Health Program. But the poll is likely to have critics. Full Story
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A crowd gathered Friday at the Planned Parenthood Health Center in Austin to express concerns over the expected demise of the Women's Health Program. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry today added his own voice to the increasingly loud controversy over the expected demise of Texas' Women's Health Program. Full Story
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In an uncharacteristically angry letter written as the Women's Health Program circles the drain, the state health commissioner is blasting the Obama administration's argument that Texas can't exclude Planned Parenthood clinics. Full Story
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Lawmakers have approved carving prescription drugs into Medicaid managed care to save Texas money — an estimated $100 million over the next biennium. But pharmacists worry lower reimbursement rates will drive them under. Full Story
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A joint interim committee is charging ahead in the state's effort to persuade the federal government to give it more flexibility to run its Medicaid program. Full Story
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The Legislature's ranking public health leaders praise the success of the Women's Health Program. But they won't let Planned Parenthood participate in order to save the program from extinction. Full Story
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid today announced the indictment of seven Texans who allegedly conspired to commit $375 million in health care fraud. Full Story
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Texas may be challenging federal health care reform in court, but as Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports, state lawmakers are still monitoring how the law will affect costs and care in Texas. Full Story
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Texas lawmakers met on Monday to address a pressing problem: the possibility the state will really have to implement federal health care reforms. Full Story
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The doctor performing Gov. Rick Perry's clavicle surgery on Friday happens to be the president of the Texas Medical Association — and a vocal critic of some of the governor's women's health policies. Full Story
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Texas joined six other states and a handful of Catholic organizations in suing the federal government to block requirements that all employers include coverage for contraceptives in employees' health care benefits. Full Story
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Texas has joined six other states and a handful of Catholic organizations in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a new health care rule approved by the federal government that would require all employers to include coverage for contraceptives in employees' health care benefits. Full Story
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Texas Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner Tom Suehs signed a rule today that formally bans Planned Parenthood clinics and other "affiliates of abortion providers" from the Women's Health Program — likely ending the program. Full Story
There is no consensus on the benefits of managed health care in the Rio Grande Valley, which had been the subject of a moratorium in three Valley counties. Full Story
Gov. Rick Perry targeted “left-wing, pro-abortion radicals” in a speech before the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday, blaming the Obama administration for the state’s stand-off over the Women’s Health Program. Full Story
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Komen for the Cure's decision to cut off grants to organizations under federal or state investigation means Planned Parenthood clinics in Texas will have to find new funding for thousands of mammograms and breast exams every year. Full Story
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American Medical Association President Peter Carmel and Texas Medical Association President Bruce Malone on the Medicare cuts that physicians face, Texas' legal challenge to federal health reform and efforts to slash funding for Planned Parenthood. Full Story
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The state Legislature heads back to work in less than a year. And as Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune reports, the state’s improving economy won't likely save legislators from the protracted budget battle that awaits them. Full Story
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Rick Perry may be out of the presidential race, but Texas Congressman Ron Paul is still fighting for the nomination. During Thursday night's CNN debate, he showed he’s still got plenty of fire in the belly heading into Saturday’s South Carolina primary. Full Story
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