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 our Medicaid “1115 waiver” funding
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 Garnet Coleman’s amendment to increase
Every Texan supports CSHB 4115 by Representative Oliverson, which extends Texas’ surprise medical billing protections to ground ambulances. Texans have benefited for more than a year from the landmark surprise
Leading Texas health care advocates met with reporters on April 20th to discuss the recent decision by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to rescind Texas’ 1115 Medicaid Waiver
This blog post was originally written by Stephanie Cavalier and published by Cover Texas Now. Today, 188 Texas organizations banded together to urge state leaders to provide a health insurance
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 1115 Transformation waiver by the
Did you know? There are a lot of misunderstandings about Medicaid among the public and lawmakers in Texas. This includes misunderstandings about who the uninsured adults are who could gain
Every Texan will submit comments on SB 1138 by Hughes. There is concern that the bill misconstrues the fundamental purposes of the programs which it directs the Legislative Budget Board
Every Texan Opposes SB 1341 by Springer. Section 3 of the bill would remove Texas HHSC’s ability to utilize this flexibility of accepting the determination of eligibility for Medicaid and/or
Every Texan Supports SB 1059 by Paxton, which directs the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to streamline the renewal process for youth in the Former Foster Care Children (FFCC)