Blogs about: Texas Medicaid
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Speaking up for kids in other states on CHIPRA bonuses
More low-income children have health insurance coverage now than ever before. That’s a sentence worth savoring, and defending. How did this happen? It’s the result of millions of little ac… more →
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Understanding the Texas Medicaid Estate Recovery Program (MERP)
wrote 1 month ago: The Texas Medicaid program pays almost half the cost of all nursing home and other long term care ex … more →
The Lone Star State’s New Task Force to Take a Bite Out of Medicaid Dental Fraud
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wrote 7 months ago: George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law There’s … more →
Supreme Court Medicaid Ruling Worst for Very Poor People
wrote 10 months ago: Analysts and pundits have dug into the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act, incl … more →
Local Doctor And Businessman Face Health Care Fraud Charges
wrote 12 months ago: (Credit: Thinkstock Images) A Sugar Land doctor and a businessman are both facing charges after inve … more →
Speaking up for kids in other states on CHIPRA bonuses
wrote 1 year ago: More low-income children have health insurance coverage now than ever before. That’s a sentenc … more →
Is this enrollment level the New Normal for children's Medicaid and CHIP in Texas?
wrote 1 year ago: It was a different time. Back in 2000, 10% of Tarrant County kids were on Medicaid. By the end of 20 … more →
The state we're in: Texas kids are growing up on government-run healthcare
wrote 1 year ago: There probably isn’t a term more maligned in this state than “government-run healthcare. … more →
Healthcare access depends on where kids live
wrote 1 year ago: Not everyone agrees with me on this — especially in Texas — but I believe all kids shoul … more →
How good are Texas' Medicaid plans at keeping kids healthy?
wrote 1 year ago: Last week, the state issued a pretty important report. It was basically a report card on how Medicai … more →
Texas' recipe for generating more uninsured
wrote 1 year ago: Texas is widely hailed as a low-cost state. That’s true, but not for healthcare. Texans paid t … more →
Survey says: Medicaid and CHIP families like their coverage
wrote 1 year ago: Last week, the most comprehensive survey yet was released of parents’ perceptions about and sa … more →
Comparing Medicaid managed care across the states
wrote 1 year ago: Last week, the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured released its “Profile of Medica … more →
We've got our work cut out for us in Tarrant County
wrote 1 year ago: Welcome back to more hard work. Summer is over, and while the heat remains, vacations are largely a … more →
Holding up the safety net
wrote 1 year ago: It’s been an interesting week with all the hot air and hot weather. Thanks to an outcry from a … more →
Listening for our kids in a noisy world
wrote 1 year ago: It’s so hot here in Dallas-Fort Worth; it’s hard to know what’s going on beyond th … more →
Enrollment in children's Medicaid/CHIP rebounds in July
wrote 1 year ago: Good news. More of our children have coverage. After a dip last month, enrollment gains are back. Cl … more →
Wal-Mart takes on Medicaid -- why you should care
wrote 1 year ago: For me, the story of the week was about how Wal-Mart is taking on Medicaid bureaucracy in Arkansas. … more →
Were children the Biggest Losers in the Texas legislative session?
wrote 1 year ago: I know I should be feeling good that the Legislature passed and Gov. Rick Perry signed the Light Bul … more →
Texas spends larger percent of Medicaid funding on children
wrote 1 year ago: As % of Medicaid spending, Texas spends more children This month, the federal Medicaid/CHIP Commissi … more →
