Earlier this year, the Trump Administration announced that it would consider proposals from states to add work documentation requirements and other new restrictions to Medicaid. The Administration has now approved versions of these proposed “waivers” from Arkansas, Indiana, and Kentucky.
It’s important to remember the critical role that Medicaid plays in so many people’s lives. Thanks...
This week the Trump Administration announced that it will now approve states' requests to establish Medicaid work requirements under certain circumstances.
The concept is a bad idea for all states, but especially for Texas. Ninety-six percent of Texans enrolled in Medicaid are children, seniors, pregnant women, or people with significant disabilities - not exactly great candidates for...
December 7, 2017
For Immediate Release
Contact: Peter Clark, Texans Care for Children, pclark@txchildren.org
AUSTIN – Texans and others have until Friday, December 15 to sign up for health insurance for 2018 through the Obamacare Marketplace...
It's official. The tax plan that's moving quickly through Congress is now an explicit threat to health care.
We need to swing into action, and we need to do it fast.
The tax legislation was already under fire for giving huge tax cuts to wealthy families and large corporations while increasing taxes on millions of middle class families.
Health care advocates have also...
Each day that passes, Congress gets closer to letting health care for 400,000 Texas kids fall off a cliff.
We now know that Texas may run out of funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in January if Congress doesn't get moving.
That would be terrible news for Texas kids who need to see a doctor for strep throat, kids with cancer, kids who need glasses...