The Future of Health Care?

Dell and Central Health "re-think" the way we provide – and pay for – health care

"...printed reports on the patients' overall physical and emotional health. Most of the latter were derived from prior questionnaires..."

March 24, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Texas Anti-Choice Legislation Continues to Damage Health Care and Undermine Local Control

As GOP postures with SB 22, women’s health care pays the price

"...Pap smear, and low-cost contraception. The quality of the care and timeliness of the service felt "empowering and comforting";..."

May 17, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Opinion: A Call for Unity to Fix a Broken Health Care System

A health care professional with chronic illness urges bipartisan action to address high costs, insurance barriers, and mental health gaps

"...chronic illness, allegedly attacked and killed the CEO of UnitedHealthcare. This incident has sparked conversation about the frustrations faced..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Column by Sue Ram

Health Care: Diminishing Returns

GOP legislators look for additional cuts to health care

"...With the continuing damage inflicted upon women's health care since the 2011 session, including the dramatic impact..."

Jan. 9, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Dems Call for Health Care for All Texans

State Rep. Gina Hinojosa pledges to carry comprehensive health care bill to the 86th Texas Lege

"...to initiate legislation and an organizing campaign for the Healthy Texas Act of 2019 – intended to provide "every..."

Dec. 7, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Prison Health Care System in Jeopardy

How to slash budget without inviting federal intervention

"...the state cut 24% from the budget to provide health care to prisoners without running into Constitutional trouble?..."

Feb. 21, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Report: Half of Women Face Barriers to Repro Health Care

Survey shows majority of women face barriers to access

"...of women face at least one barrier to reproductive health care access, including access to cervical cancer screenings, with..."

May 12, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

The State of Trans Health Care

Gender affirming care in Austin is improving. But by how much? And how far must it still go?

"...or being tasked with educating a provider about trans-related care...."

April 14, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

The Destruction of Texas Health Care

The GOP crusade against Planned Parenthood is devastating basic care for Texas women

"...spent Tues­day, Jan. 24, closing up the CAI women's health clinic in Elgin. As she packed up supplies and..."

Feb. 3, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Opinion: When It Comes to Health Care in Austin, There Can Be No Equity Without Accountability

Opinion: It's time for the Travis County Commissioners Court to order an independent performance audit of Central Health

"...While Central Health, our countywide public health care district for the poor,..."

April 22, 2022 Column by Nelson Linder

No Room at the Health Care Inn

State policies endangering women's lives in the Valley

"...to the state's family planning budget, nine of 32 health clinics providing services to low-income, uninsured women in the..."

Nov. 12, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

$291 Million Plan to Provide Health Care for Travis County Residents

Central Health's budget to serve nearly 200,000 residents

"...been spared the lashings of an ill-tempered Legislature, Central Health rolls into its budget season with a proposed $291..."

Sept. 6, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Opinion: Don't Be Fooled – Universal Access to Health Care is a Good Thing

A medical student explains why universal health coverage is the fiscally responsible – and most moral – choice

"...circles to refer to the quest for government-provided universal health coverage as "socialized medicine." This rhetorical scare tactic is..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Column by Drew Sanderson

Honest Numbers? Nelson Spins Texas Health Care

Senator claims significant progress in women's health

"...a hearing last Thursday, Feb. 20, of the Senate's Health and Human Services Committee on the state of women's..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Largest Mental Health Care Provider in Austin Plans Layoffs

Integral Care could cut up to 5% of positions

"...Integral Care, the largest provider of mental health services in Travis..."

Aug. 17, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Opinion: Sex Ed Is Not the Enemy – It’s Mental Health Care

We can help our communities lead happier, healthier, and more productive lives by increasing access to reproductive health resources

"...of us were raised with different attitudes toward reproductive health care and information – if we were raised with..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Column by Isabella Verratti

Will Senate Restore Women's Health Care Funding?

State senator proposes biennial bump in funding

"...Last week, in a move that has encouraged women’s health advocates, Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, expressed “strong support”..."

Feb. 25, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Opinion: Medicare for All Is the Timely Solution for Texas Health Care

With the recent expiration of pandemic-era health insurance requirements, millions of Texans may lose their Medicaid coverage over the coming months. It doesn’t have to be that way.

"...Nearly 1 in 10 Texans may lose their health insurance over the coming months. Women and children will..."

April 14, 2023 Column by Yosha Singh

Perry Rejects Health Care for Texas

Governor throws away $13 billion in funds

"...the US Supreme Court tells Texas that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional, that doesn't mean Gov. Rick Perry..."

July 9, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

State Blackmail Over Health Care Funding?

Is women's health funding in jeopardy?

"...For Fran Hagerty, CEO of the Women's Health and Family Planning Association of Texas, which earlier this..."

June 20, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Texas Women's Health Care: Costs More, Does Less

With Planned Parenthood out, state serves fewer for more

"...those patients actually increased, according to Department of State Health Services records...."

Nov. 30, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Trapped and the War on Women's Health Care

Doc highlights impact of anti-choice laws in the South

"...do to save her,” Marva Sadler of Whole Woman’s Health Center in Ft. Worth says with tears in her..."

March 11, 2016 SXSW Post by Mary Tuma

Texas' Rickety Health Care System Heads for a Fiscal Cliff

As D.C. dollars dry up, millions of uninsured Texans see no signs of improvement

"...except for the system that's supposed to provide lifesaving health care to millions of its most vulnerable residents. About..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Mental Health Care Meltdown

The mental health care system for Austin and Travis County is increasingly overwhelmed, with no relief in sight.

"...Austin Police Department mental health officers Art Fortune, Joel Pridgeon, and Sgt. Jeff Hampton..."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

1995-96 City Budget: Health Care Relief Comes Painfully

"...is done this fall, the city's responsibilities toward public health care will extend only as far as funding the..."

Aug. 18, 1995 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Health Care Needs Your Help to Slow COVID-19’s Spread

Keep your distance

"...the Chronicle went to press, the Department of State Health Services reported 83 cases spread across 19 counties, although..."

March 20, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Health Care Elephants Battle Over Med School Prop. 1

St. David's formally opposes the proposition to build a med school in Austin

"...Rep. Glen Maxey – the fight over the Central Health tax increase (the first Proposition 1, aka "The Med..."

Nov. 2, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Point Austin: The Bottom Line on Health Care

Congress needs to act for universal health care

"...the "fee-for-service" system that distorts so much of our health care sent the pundits in search of enraged otolaryngologists..."

July 31, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Health Care for All ... or Just Some?

Misappropriating funds or marketing?

"...Central Health critic, attorney Fred Lewis, issued another salvo against the..."

Nov. 24, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Women's Health Care in Political Jeopardy ... Again

Senator wants to reinvent the wheel on women's health care

"...with the state to provide family planning and preventative health services to thousands of low-income and uninsured women through..."

Aug. 13, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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