Government shutdown impacts Medicaid as ACA open enrollment begins

The ongoing government shutdown is affecting federal benefits as open enrollment for insurance providers under the Affordable ...
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Guest viewpoint: How proposed Medicaid cuts would endanger health care in Texas | Opinion

Earlier this year, lawmakers in Washington, D.C., introduced a proposed budget focused on reducing our estimated $36 trillion national debt. Voters who gave Republicans control of the White House and ...
The Daily Dot

Texas edged out Planned Parenthood—and now wants its Medicaid funding back

The state of Texas wants the four years of Medicaid funds it previously refused—in a move to destabilize Planned Parenthood—back. According to the New York Times, Texas is asking the Trump ...
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Texas Democrats say GOP Medicaid proposal goes too far as some conservatives push for more

WASHINGTON — The hallway outside a congressional hearing room this week was crowded with advocates, many in wheelchairs, urging lawmakers to “protect Medicaid” as they arrived for a committee session ...
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Republican state House speaker backs expanding Medicaid to cover mothers for a year after they give birth

Republican Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan threw his weight Wednesday behind a bill that would extend Medicaid coverage to mothers for a year postpartum as part of a broad package of proposals meant ...
Houston Public Media

Texas Democrats speak out against Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid and SNAP

Several Texas Democrats in Congress, including two representing Houston, banded together Wednesday to speak out against a sweeping bill supported by President Donald Trump that would make deep cuts to ...
Heartland

Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save Texas’s Medicaid Program

The continuing growth in states’ Medicaid programs has placed a severe financial strain on state budgets. In fiscal year 2024, Medicaid was the largest category of total state spending, consuming 29.8 ...
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What the 'big, beautiful bill' means for health coverage, hospitals and Medicaid in Texas

The sweeping tax breaks and spending cuts bill that President Donald Trump signed into law this month could have significant repercussions for Texas hospitals and patients. The law includes roughly $1 ...

Over 1M Texas kids lose Medicaid and CHIP in 2 years. Here's what US families can do amid post-pandemic purge

Texas removed over 1 million children from the state’s Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) over the course of two years, according to data from the Kaiser Family Foundation. (1) ...
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Who Has the Cheapest Dental Insurance in Texas?

Guardian has the cheapest dental insurance in Texas. Plans start at $8 per month. Other cheap options for stand-alone dental insurance include Solstice Healthplans, Delta Dental and EMI Health. Adults ...
The Texas Observer

West Texas Congressman’s ‘Big Beautiful’ Cuts Could Harm Rural Hospitals in His District

Since it was signed into law on July 4, West Texas Republican Congressman Jodey Arrington has been broadly praised by allies for his stewardship of the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA).
Psychology Today

Medicaid Therapists in Colleyville, TX

Welcome! I am SO glad you’re here! Having been on both sides of the counseling relationship, I know firsthand how rewarding therapy can be in helping you heal and grow from the hurts and challenges ...