Texas Medicaid

Katherine Wells was celebrated early during the COVID-19 pandemic. Then public health became a political litmus test.

A new study about potential cuts to Medicaid and SNAP found that Texas could see its gross domestic product shrink by $7 billion.

Abortion is legal in Texas only when the life of the mother or a “major bodily function” is at risk. Doctors, who could face prison time for performing an abortion, have been seeking clarification on the exception.

The request, which includes hiring more staff and updating the online application system, comes as applicants must wait for months to receive approval for benefits.

Texas officials acknowledged some errors after they stripped Medicaid coverage from more than 2 million people, most of them children. A ProPublica and Texas Tribune review of records shows that these mistakes and others were preventable.

A new Medicaid extension goes into effect today that gives pregnant Texans twelve months of postpartum coverage.

Community health centers are a safety net for people who are uninsured. But in Texas, the work is more challenging because the state hasn’t expanded Medicaid.

Hundreds of thousands of Texans lose their health insurance during unwinding of Medicaid.

Advocates are calling for a halt to removals until the state can account for why more than 80% of the people who lost Medicaid coverage were eliminated for “procedural” reasons, like not responding to messages from the state.

New parents in Texas will now be able to access doctor’s appointments up to a year after giving birth. A bill currently awaiting the governor’s signature extends postpartum Medicaid coverage from two months to twelve months.