health care

In Dallas, "Big D" May No Longer Fit

By Emily Ramshaw and Matt Stiles Feb. 27, 2011

Big D may need a new nickname. Despite a surging state population, the city of Dallas grew by a paltry 1 percent in the last decade — a rate lower than any of the 20 largest cities in Texas. Full Story

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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

By Ross Ramsey Feb. 26, 2011

The best of our best content from Feb. 21 to 25, 2011. Full Story
The Week in Texas Politics Recap: 2/21 to 2/25

By Reeve Hamilton Feb. 25, 2011

No time to follow every twist and turn of the Texas Legislature? We've made it easier for you with our weekly recaps of the action under the dome. Full Story
Audio: A Conversation About Health Care

By Todd Wiseman Feb. 25, 2011

For our latest TribLive event, I talked about federal health care reform and the consequences of the state's budget shortfall on health and human services programs with state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Simonton, Anne Dunkelberg of the Center for Public Policy Priorities and Tom Banning of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians. Full Story

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TribLive: A Conversation About Health Care

By Evan Smith Feb. 25, 2011

For our latest TribLive event, I talked about federal health care reform with state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Simonton, Anne Dunkelberg of the Center for Public Policy Priorities and Tom Banning of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians. Full Story

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Zerwas on Abortion and Women's Health Programs

By Evan Smith Feb. 25, 2011

At Wednesday's TribLive conversation about health care, state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Simonton, warned against defunding providers of women's health services as an unintended consequence of defunding abortion providers. Full Story
Zerwas on Health Exchange Legislation

By Evan Smith Feb. 25, 2011

At Wednesday's TribLive conversation about health care, state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Simonton, explained why he's introduced legislation to implement a crucial part of federal health care reform. Full Story
Zerwas and Zerwas and Dunkelberg on What's Good and Bad About "Obamacare"

By Evan Smith Feb. 25, 2011

At Wednesday's TribLive conversation about health care, state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Simonton, and Anne Dunkelberg of the Center for Public Policy Priorities talked about what they like and don't like about federal health care reform. Full Story
CDC Releases Texas Abortion Stats

By Emily Ramshaw Feb. 24, 2011

There were nearly 81,000 reported abortions in Texas in 2007 — 11 percent of the abortions reported nationally, according to the Centers for Disease Control's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Texas had the 13th-highest rate of women having the procedure that year. Full Story

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Lawmakers Hear Graphic Abortion Sonogram Testimony

By Becca Aaronson Feb. 23, 2011

House lawmakers had their first chance to weigh in on the controversial abortion sonogram bill today — and they didn't mince words. Rep. Leo Berman, R-Tyler, compared the number of fetuses that have been aborted since Roe v. Wade to a "Holocaust times nine.” Full Story

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Guest Column: The Conservative Case for Needle Exchange

By William Martin Feb. 23, 2011

While many people believe that needle exchange programs simply facilitate or condone illegal drug use, there is a powerful conservative argument for why they're good public policy. Full Story
Zerwas: Use Most of Rainy Day Fund or I'll Get Spanked

By Evan Smith Feb. 23, 2011

At this morning's TribLive conversation about health care, state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Simonton, took a more aggressive position than most of his fellow Republicans on the subject of whether to tap the Rainy Day Fund and how much should be tapped. Full Story

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Liveblog: Reform or Bust?

By Emily Ramshaw Feb. 23, 2011

We liveblogged this morning from the Austin Club, where the subject of today's TribLive was health care: the costs — and solutions — for Medicaid, payment reform in Texas vs. the federal health overhaul, and what kind of hit Texas' neediest patients will take. Full Story
UT/TT Poll: Texans Are Ready to Roll the Dice

By Ross Ramsey Feb. 23, 2011

A majority of the state's voters say they're ready for full-blown casino gambling, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll. Full Story

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TPPF, State Leaders: Medicaid Growth Is "Unsustainable"

By Emily Ramshaw Feb. 22, 2011

A conservative think tank and Republican state leaders gathered this morning to offer their solutions to the state's "unsustainable" Medicaid cost crunch. Full Story

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Garnet Coleman: The TT Interview

By Emily Ramshaw Feb. 22, 2011

The Democratic state representative from Houston on his Republican colleagues' quest for a federal Medicaid waiver, the problem with block grants and what realistically the feds could do to help Texas and other states. Full Story

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UT/TT Poll: Voters Want Budget Cuts but Don't Like Options

By Ross Ramsey Feb. 21, 2011

By more than 2 to 1, Texas voters believe lawmakers should solve the state's shortfall by cutting the budget, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll, but they're divided on specific cuts. Full Story
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

By Evan Smith Feb. 19, 2011

The best of our best content from Feb. 14 to 18, 2011. Full Story
The Week in Texas Politics Recap: 2/14 to 2/18

By Justin Dehn and Thanh Tan Feb. 18, 2011

No time to follow every twist and turn of the Texas Legislature? We've made it easier for you with our weekly recaps of the action under the dome. Full Story
Texas Seeks Medicaid Waiver, but Prognosis Is Poor

By Emily Ramshaw, The Texas Tribune, and Marilyn Serafini, Kaiser Health News Feb. 18, 2011

Only months ago, Texas lawmakers threatened to drop out of Medicaid. Now, Texas and other financially strapped states are asking Washington for permission to operate the program as they see fit. Full Story

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