The horrific Uvalde mass shooting and the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on mental health have refocused attention on how Texas can raise the bar above our
The U.S. Census released its newest estimates of uninsured Texans in 2021 in mid-September, which show very small improvements since 2019* in the percentage of uninsured
The Children’s Health Coverage Coalition (CHCC) was formed in 1998 (as the Texas CHIP Coalition) to work for the establishment of a strong Children’s Health
On July 29, Federal Medicaid authorities notified Texas Medicaid that their waiver extension application was complete. That started a 30-day federal comment period for the
Despite strong support among Texans in multiple polls, a bipartisan majority of Texas House members supporting a coverage expansion bill, and a $3.9 billion bonus
The first stage of the required public notice and comment process for the “Texas Healthcare Transformation Quality Improvement Program” Medicaid 1115 Waiver ended on Monday
Like most public interest groups, Every Texan strongly supports an extension of Texas’ Medicaid 1115 waiver, a funding agreement that makes payments to hospitals for
This op-ed was originally featured in the San Antonio Express-News. Confused about Texas Medicaid funding? Understandable. The April decision that Texas must “redo” the process to extend
Last Thursday, when the Texas House debated its version of the 2022-2023 budget, it considered hundreds of possible amendments. One we watched closely was Chairman
On April 16, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the January 15 fast-track approval of a 10-year extension to Texas’ Medicaid
