A Med-Mari Challenge to HHS

Advocates petition the feds to change their tune on medical marijuana

"...correct misinformation disseminated regarding medical use of pot. "[The] HHS repeatedly misstates the scientific evidence and ignores numerous reports..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Web-Washing at the HHS

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services appears once again to be removing material from its Web site that doesn't agree with conservatives

"...Christian right-wing Family Research Council penned a letter to HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt, complaining about the inclusion of substance..."

April 14, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

More HHS Web-Washing?

"...U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson after HHS removed from the Centers for Disease Control and National..."

Jan. 10, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Bad Medicine?

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

"...under the Austin/Travis County Health & Human Services Department (HHS). Although Linda may eventually qualify for welfare and Medicaid,..."

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

Power Assist

Who's Who

"...council member's patience. Goodman wants about $1 million from HHS to provide a day-care center for city employees and..."

Aug. 27, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Qmmunity: The Best Big Qmmunity in Texas

On discrimination, Dolly, and more queer happenings

"...finalized a rule last week that would allow federal HHS grantees to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Follow the Money

City attempts to keep up with growing need for services

"...certainly played a role in the final budget (the HHS budget, which encompasses a variety of community services, including..."

Oct. 23, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Liability Claim Filed Against Lakeway Hospital

Rawney McVaney's story continues

"...in the absence of a correction plan acceptable to HHS, the hospital would potentially be subject to termination from..."

Sept. 21, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

What APA! Wants, APA! Gets

APA! needs a home, and council appears inclined to give it one

"...of that meeting and the beginning of the council HHS meeting two weeks later, the deal up and vanished,..."

March 30, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Proposed Animal Shelter Move Gets Community Howling

Plan to move ailing Town Lake Animal Center to East Austin creates strange bedfellows

"...the city's website has the shelter incorporated into the HHS campus, along with walking trails and a sports field...."

June 15, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Where Has All The Money Gone?

Most of the city's General Fund is spent on things City Hall doesn't want to cut.

"...More than half the city's HHS General Fund spending goes to low-income health care (8.8%..."

May 30, 2003 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...of the Travis County/Austin Health and Human Services Department (HHS) turned in her resignation last week announcing her decision..."

Aug. 23, 1996 News Feature

Texas Has Kicked 1.3M Kids Off Medicaid, Most Often for Incomplete Applications

The state has the rest of April to process another 195,000 pending cases

"...latest public data from Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) shows that, in addition to those Texas kids from..."

April 12, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Take Two Aspirin and Ping Me in the Morning

Heath care: an oral future

"...the department. You have to keep in mind that HHS is inclusive of the National Institutes of Health, the..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

City Hall Hustle: Mo' Money

As the budget year ends, council reshuffles the last few cards

"...Item 24, and that by moving them out, additional HHS funds had been freed up, to the tune of..."

Sept. 23, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Sunset Shuffle

Legislature moves the massive Health and Human Services review back two years

"...conference committee substitute for HB 1959 is to push HHS back to 2013. In turn, it brings several agencies..."

May 31, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Anti-Abortionists Want More Health-Care Money

New threats to women's health care emerge in both Texas and D.C.

"...and others without other access to health care. Now HHSC has included in its biennial request additional funding for..."

Sept. 5, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Fam-Planning Uproar

Array of organizations signs on to letter urging Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt to reconsider appointment of pro-life, anti-contraceptive doctor to be deputy assistant secretary for population affairs

"...including several likely to head up committees that oversee HHS funding and operations – also voiced concerns about Keroack's..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Wack-Ass Keroack, Part Three

"...including several likely to head up committees that oversee HHS funding and operations - also voiced concerns about Keroack's..."

Nov. 22, 2006 News Post by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Clubs and bars confused and wary about enforcement

"...Shannon Jones, assistant director of HHS' Public Health Division, told me, "We expect a sizable..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

"Please, Sir, I Want Some More"

The legislative budget process is leaving buckets of blood on the floor.

"...to meet Gov. Perry's mandate to cut 12.5% from HHS programs for the 2003-04 biennium. Just the headline number..."

March 7, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Bottom of the Budget Barrel

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

"...controversial budget moves consolidate and re-deploy staff in the HHS's youth-employment and child-care programs. While Futrell and HHS director..."

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

Use Only as Directed

Patenting the Formula

"...Officer (her name is Cora Wright, and she was HHS's lead staffer on the Chestnut project). The fact that..."

Aug. 20, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Have Nots

One Family's Plight

"...costs of poor, non-Medicaid patients, too, says Austin/Travis County HHS financial officer Mike Abkowitz, so maximizing Medicaid receipts essentially..."

March 12, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Assisted Suicide?

The Demise of the Clinics

"...ahead looks mighty rough, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Director Sue Milam proposes a full-body physical of the..."

Aug. 2, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

After a Million Texas Kids Were Kicked Off Medicaid, Thousands More Are Still in Limbo

Application backlog grew from December to January

"...More than a million Texas kids in low-income families..."

Feb. 16, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Federal District Court Rules Employers Can Refuse to Purchase Health Insurance That Covers PrEP

When lifesaving medicines are against someone’s religion

"...medications taken to prevent infection with HIV. That means HHS can't require that all plans sold in the U.S...."

Sept. 23, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Opinion: Mental Illness Does Not Cause Mass Shootings. Mass Shootings Cause Mental Illness.

Austin therapists lay out Governor Greg Abbott's abysmal record on supporting mental health access and education

"...from the Texas Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which oversees mental health programs, to border security. HHS..."

June 17, 2022 Column by Therapists in theAustin area

Travis County Declares an Opioid Crisis

The declaration comes with funding for harm reduction

"...directly to community organizations such as THRA. The county's HHS staff will work with Health Authority Dr. Desmar Walkes..."

June 3, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

As Nursing Homes Reopen to Visitors, Will They Stay Safe?

Caring, with caution

"...Residents of nursing homes have gained new pathways to..."

Nov. 20, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

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