Assisted Suicide?

The Demise of the Clinics

"...Slusher, and protegés of the creed that public health care for indigents should be government orthodoxy. The battleground: the..."

Aug. 2, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Questions of Church-State Separation at Dell Seton Medical Center

Do the hospital’s ties to the Catholic church and limits on women’s reproductive health care compromise Dell Med students' training?

"...coming: After heavy lobbying and public outreach from key community figures like state Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, voters passed..."

Jan. 20, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Texas Makes Its HB2 Case to U.S. Supreme Court

Says no evidence women are harmed

"...would face an "undue burden" in seeking access to care, lawyers for the state argue in a brief filed..."

Nov. 12, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Central Health: “Well-functioning”

Positive reviews for the health care provider

"...review" study commissioned last year and delivered by health care consultants Germane Solutions. Overall, the study concluded that Central..."

Feb. 23, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Defund Planned Parenthood ... Jeopardize Lives

Lege contemplates cutting funding for cancer screenings

"...is seeking to strip BCCS funding from the health care provider. The proposed Senate budget establishes a new tiered-system..."

Feb. 13, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

City Takes on Walgreens in National Birth-Control Battle

McCracken leads charge against 'moral objections' prescription refusals

"...Walgreens now fills the prescriptions for clients of Austin's Community Care clinics and enrollees in the Medical Assistance Program...."

Aug. 12, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Austin Schools Get COVID-19 Vaccines Into Arms

Schools help promote vaccination while addressing community hesitancy

"...and almost all Guerrero Thompson's students are Latinx, a community hit especially hard by the virus. Still, the school..."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Bad Medicine?

If Austin's Public Clinics Go Private, the Poor Could Suffer

"...downtown on Eighth Street and found work in home care, those were only temporary solutions, because Linda also arrived..."

Nov. 22, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

The War on Women's Health

To attack Planned Parenthood, lawmakers undermine health care ... and promote more abortions

"...to reallocate funds designated to provide basic women's health care services, the dust was settling. Conservative Republicans claimed victory:..."

April 22, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The New Texas Family Planning

Slashed budgets and anti-abortion politics undermine women's health care

"...us and we are sorry that we cannot take care of you," reads a letter mailed in December to..."

Jan. 27, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Road to Recovery

A private health care consultant has improved efficiency at the county's primary health care clinics. Looming Medicaid cuts protenda new crisis.

"...demanding because her employer, the Austin/ Travis County Primary Care Department, was a lot sicker. Clinic operations were so..."

Sept. 15, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

From 'Abstinence-Only' to Plan Z

Reproductive health care for young Texas women is limited, costly ... or nonexistent

"...who would not otherwise be eligible for subsidized health care unless pregnant...."

Oct. 11, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

From 'Abstinence-Only' to Plan Z

Reproductive health care for young Texas women is limited, costly ... or nonexistent

"...who would not otherwise be eligible for subsidized health care unless pregnant...."

Oct. 4, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Health Scare

Citizen Group Looks Out for Health Clinics

"...The Indigent Care Work Team includes citizens from various health fields and..."

Sept. 19, 1997 News Feature by Audrey Duff

Millions for Propaganda ... Nothing for Women's Health

Texas heavily underwrites anti-abortion centers, while slashing reproductive care

"...Christ-centered booklets; to your left, as you enter Austin LifeCare, a prayer request bowl. The unassuming pastel green building..."

April 17, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Fifth Circuit Abortion Ruling Harms Women

Closings, tears, and outrage for women and providers at Texas clinics

"...women across the city were turned away from abortion care by their provider of choice and forced to try..."

Nov. 1, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Beats Nothing

Women's health gets funding bump

"...provide women's health services under an expanded primary health care program, funded over the biennium with $100 million in..."

Feb. 21, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Healthy Town Hall

While we wait for federal reform, the health-care work goes on

"...Time for some good news about health care...."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Planned Parenthood Slashed Again

While patients lose health care, the state dumps money on unprepared clinics

"...from the Department of State Health Services allotting the health-care organization's funding for this fiscal year. The funding, administered..."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Report: WHP Planned Parenthood Ban Puts Patients in Jeopardy

GWU report questions HHSC analysis of ban

"...Community health centers will have to expand significantly in order..."

May 3, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Austin @ Large: Bulletproofing Betty

Despite being a council freshman, Betty Dunkerley has already taken the lead on health care.

"...the homeland-security sense -- the capacity of Austin's public clinics and hospitals to deal with anthrax or plague or..."

Aug. 30, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

HB 2: A SCOTUS Pause Before the Next Storm

Patients, clinics struggle with the impact of legal rulings

"...24 hours, the center would become the sole abortion care provider in Austin...."

Oct. 24, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Planned Parenthood Out, But Docs Can Still Discuss Abortion in New Texas Women's Health Program

HHSC relaxes abortion gag rule

"...services at one of the state's participating Planned Parenthood clinics and will be left without a provider when the..."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Report: HB 2 Raises Barriers

Anti-abortion law does its damage: longer drives and higher costs

"...now being forced to travel much further for abortion care...."

March 17, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Planned Clinic Pits Neighbors Against Health District

Many residents were unaware of proposed clinic until they read about it in the newspaper

"...The Travis County Healthcare District and the city/county Community Health Centers want to..."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Feature by Lydia Crafts

The Doctor Is In – Then Out

Physician says she was fired for speaking out against bad management

"...On May 18, Dr. Amina Haji, a physician with CommUnityCare, the corporate health clinic system overseen by Central Health,..."

Aug. 19, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Bottom of the Budget Barrel

City Hall scraped to the bone; now it cuts into it.

"...City Manager Toby Futrell dubbed "the departments that this community feels absolutely the most passionate about, and [the] departments..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Dismantling Family Planning

Advocates say a state Senate budget rider would cripple delivery of health care to poor women

"...budget rider that they say would dismantle a health care system that provides care for thousands of uninsured (and..."

March 17, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

HB 2 Ruling Reactions, Local Impact

Only one Austin abortion clinic survives HB 2

"...effect, only one out of three surviving reproductive health care providers remains in Austin...."

Oct. 3, 2014 News Post by Mary Tuma

Central Health Lays Out Its FY 2019 Budget

For your health

"...in Travis County are unfamiliar with their voter-created health care district. But if you're a property owner, you may..."

Aug. 17, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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