The Luv Doc: A Very Uninteresting Robot

What doesn't take two thumbs, both eyes, and the lives of innocents?

"...First of all, who even has phone conversations anymore,..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Austin Film Society Announces 2017 Film Grants

$143,000 in cash and support awarded to 34 filmmakers

"...forward after the state government makes false accusations of Medicaid fraud that result in widespread closures of clinics and..."

Aug. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

State Axes Anti-Choice Group's Family Planning Funds

The Heidi Group failed to meet their own patient target goals

"...state kicked the dominant provider out of the former Medicaid program in 2012, leaving the vacuum in services for..."

Aug. 23, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Looking at the Lege After a Flaccid Special Session

Alpha males Abbott and Patrick can't get their red meat passed

"...all paid for by the dubious accounting of deferring Medicaid reimbursements. Openly complaining that this was $1.5 billion short..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Lege Lines: A Second Shot at Tackling Maternal Mortality

After years spent gutting women’s health care, are lawmakers doing enough?

"...instance, the task force strongly recommends increasing access to Medicaid from 60 days to one year after childbirth, as..."

Aug. 11, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Headlines

"...to throw out a federal court's decision that kept Medicaid services available to Planned Par­ent­hood patients in the face..."

Aug. 11, 2017 News Feature

Texans With Disabilities Physically Barred From Policymakers

The inaccessibility at the Capitol is emblematic of the city at large

"...and in his capacity as governor has repeatedly opposed Medicaid expansion, a vital support service for people with disabilities...."

July 28, 2017 News Feature by Taylor Jackson Buchanan

Senate Speeds Through Anti-Choice Bills

Senate prioritizes anti-abortion bills during special session

"...Jose Rodriguez, D-El Paso, proposed an amendment to extend Medicaid coverage for new moms from 60 days to 12..."

July 25, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

What Happens When Texas Blocks Planned Parenthood? Abortions Rise.

Study: Lege's family planning cuts led to an increase in abortion

"...Texas women and families – from an increase in Medicaid births to maternal mortality – further highlighting the critical..."

July 12, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

The Luv Doc

Leave the milk in the refrigerator

"...My girlfriend is always trying to freeze me out..."

July 7, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Health Care Protest at Ted Cruz's Office

"...has promised to vote no in opposition to the medicaid cuts. Republicans can only afford to lose two votes..."

June 26, 2017 Photo Gallery

Fallout From the Lege's War on Reproductive Rights

Texas waits on the full impact of legislative cuts

"...the state task force studying the issue and prolonged Medicaid coverage to new mothers, fell by the wayside as..."

June 23, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Headlines

"...federal funds it lost after kicking PP from a Medicaid program for low-income women (now called Healthy Texas Women)..."

June 16, 2017 News Feature

Point Austin: What’s That Smell?

Our Austin-bashing governor knows how to spread manure

"...good medical care. A lot of them were on Medicaid – and in Texas, that means extreme poverty: Texas..."

June 9, 2017 News Column by Michael King

The Hightower Report: Who Is Mick Mulvaney ... and Why Is He So Awful?

Because he works for Trump, that's why

"...Donald savages such effective anti-poverty programs as food stamps, Medicaid, and job training, in order to pay for massive,..."

June 9, 2017 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report: Where Does Inequality Come From?

By taking from the needy and giving to the rich

"...the Republicans' bill slashes $880 billion out of the Medicaid budget, which provides health care for the poor, the..."

June 2, 2017 News Column by Jim Hightower

DPS Troopers Push Undocumented Immigrants Into a Deportation Pipeline

Spike in traffic stops raises concerns about racial profiling, faulty record keeping, and the damage done to families

"...very demanding when it comes to cost accountability for Medicaid. But not for DPS." When told of the stories..."

June 2, 2017 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

State: Give Us That Medicaid Money We Said We Didn’t Want

Texas lost out on a boatload of money when it declined to expand Medicaid. Now it wants that cash.

"...Texas' move to kick Planned Parenthood out of a Medicaid waiver program for low-income women, a decision that flew..."

May 26, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Headlines

"...military spending by 10% and slash social spending, including Medicaid, food stamps, student loans, even Meals on Wheels. Former..."

May 26, 2017 News Feature

Nancy Pelosi Visits the New Seton

Dem leader and Lloyd Doggett lead roundtable on Obamacare

"...e.g., in Texas, where the state’s refusal to accept Medicaid expansion has left many patients in “the gap” between..."

April 20, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Bill of the Week: Combating Postpartum Depression

Between 2011 and 2012, nearly 200 Texas mothers died within a year of giving birth

"...screenings and referrals during their child's pediatrician visits, under Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program. And Garnet Coleman's..."

April 21, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Anti-Choice Lawmakers Divert Millions From TCEQ To Crisis Pregnancy Centers

House swaps $20M from TCEQ to anti-choice crisis pregnancy centers

"...industry. The HTW program is the vestige of a Medicaid program that once served far more patients before Texas..."

April 6, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

The Hightower Report: Why Is Trump Hostile to Actual Facts?

Take the Trumpcare lie, for example

"...by a spectacular 480% since the ACA expansion of Medicaid...."

April 7, 2017 News Column by Jim Hightower

Lege Lines – The Texas Legislature: Not Enron

Passing a state budget when one side’s “cooking the books”

"...around $1.3 billion in essential expenditures such as the Medicaid shortfall, prison managed care, and Child Protective Ser­vices. That'll..."

March 31, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Future of Health Care?

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

"...medical school, and to focus that school (and leveraged Medicaid funding) on health care for the underserved...."

March 24, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

The Texas Hammer: Women’s Health and Reproductive Rights

It's a war on women's health

"...later booted PP and 50,000 low-income patients from a Medicaid-waiver program known as the Women's Health Program just because..."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Headlines

"...within a decade. The CBO also forecast cuts to Medicaid, jumps in premiums for older people, and a premium..."

March 17, 2017 News Feature

Judge Blocks Texas From Kicking Planned Parenthood Out of Medicaid

State determined to have provided "no evidence" of wrongdoing

Feb. 24, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Quote of the Week

Yes, they really said that

"...the interplay of federal and state authority through the Medicaid program."..."

Feb. 24, 2017 News Column

Judge Blocks Texas From Kicking Planned Parenthood Out of Medicaid

State determined to have provided "no evidence" of wrongdoing

"...Texas health officials from kicking Planned Parenthood out of Medicaid on Tuesday, writing that the action would stand against..."

Feb. 21, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

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