RAISE Texas Summit – a recap
By Don Baylor Jr. As we wrapped up the RAISE Texas Training and Summit at the Federal Reserve Bank in Houston, several things came to mind: One is the maturity
Every Texan
October 31, 2012
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VIDEO: Health Reform Holding Insurance Companies Accountable
She might be on maternity leave, but you can still catch Cheasty explaining the ins and outs of health care reform. She and the Texas Well and Healthy team have
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October 26, 2012
Why Decision By DSHS to Halt Privatization is Good for Texans
By Katharine Ligon A coalition of mental health and civil rights advocates, as well as Texas Legislators, are celebrating the recent decision by the Texas Department of State Health Services
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October 25, 2012
SHARE YOUR VISION FOR TEXAS
By Alexa Garcia-Ditta Fellow Texans, We’re knee deep in redesigning our website and adding new, interactive features. For one of them, we need your help. We’re creating a portal for
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October 24, 2012
New School Meals: Nutritious and Delicious
By Jeanie Donovan Going through the cafeteria line this year, Texas kids will notice some major changes to the foods on their school lunch tray. Thanks to the new USDA
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October 19, 2012
Watch This Wednesday: Health Insurance Exchanges
By Texas Well & Healthy staff A lot of discussion about the Affordable Care Act revolves around the role of health insurance exchanges. Texas will have one in 2014, but
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October 18, 2012
Clearing Up the Brewhaha
By Dick Lavine Let’s try this again – the beer tax I mentioned recently was just a simple-to-understand example of why the Legislature needs to go through the Tax Code
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October 17, 2012
The Case for Limiting Title Loan Fees
By Don Baylor, Jr. Payday and auto title loans are unaffordable for most Texans who use these products. First, Texans pay about 50-75 percent more than people in other states,
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October 11, 2012
What We Should Be Talking About When We Talk About Public Ed
By Chandra Villanueva Texas is responsible for educating 5 million kids, and 60 percent of those kids are poor. We have an obligation to ensure that every child succeeds in
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October 9, 2012
Insurance Plans Are Finally Easier to Read
By Stacey Pogue Health Insurance Pop Quiz – How much is your deductible? How about, your out-of-pocket limit? Does your health insurance have one? If so, which costs that you
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October 4, 2012
How We Talk About Hunger
By Jonathan Lewis You may have heard murmurs of a recent report released by the USDA. This report addresses what is called “food security.” If you’re not familiar with the
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September 24, 2012
New Uninsured Numbers for Texas Children Show Slight Improvement
By Anne Dunkelberg Right after the new Current Population Survey data on the uninsured in Texas and the nation 2011 came out, I took an dive into numbers and was
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September 12, 2012