State budget decisions shape the Texas we live in today and pass on to future generations, and the 2020-2021 budget cycle is already underway even
All Texans living with substance use disorders should be able to access the treatment and supports they need, regardless of their income. As Texas tries
Current federal law requires states to ensure that Medicaid “services are available under the plan at least to the extent that such care and services
The United States is in the midst of an acute addiction crisis. A record 63,600 people died from a drug overdose in 2016 with 42,400
Medicaid is a critically important program that pays for more than 50 percent of births in the United States, and covers four in ten Texas
With a quickly approaching deadline—after which 400,000 Texas kids could be dropped from the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)—over 30 leading Texas health care and
While Congress members were focused on legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and cut Medicaid, they irresponsibly let federal funding for the Children’s
Kamia Rathore, Health & Wellness Intern, wrote this post. Too many Texas women need affordable family planning services, but state leaders have made ill-advised and
By Kamia Rathore, Health and Wellness Policy Intern This blog was updated on August 3rd, 2017. Last summer, Texas’ Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force
The US Senate narrowly voted to proceed with the legislative process toward gutting Medicaid and ripping health care away from millions of Americans. We are
