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Texas Democrats, families, hospitals plead for enlarged Medicaid
San Antonio :: TX :: USA | 1 month ago
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Democrats in Congress and the Legislature, uninsured parents, the head of the state's main hospital trade group and top local officials in Dallas and San Antonio urged state GOP leaders Monday to negotiate with the Obama administration to expand
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Perry standing pat on Medicaid expansion
Fort Worth :: TX :: USA | 3 months ago
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Texas (AP) If Gov. Rick Perry is feeling pressure to expand health care coverage to more than 1.5 million people under Medicaid, he sure isn't showing it. As the Republican governors of Florida, Ohio, New Jersey and Michigan dial back their
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Hospital poll: Texans favor Medicaid expansion
Dallas :: TX :: USA | 3 months ago
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Dan Stultz, president & CEO, Texas Hospital Association (courtesy photo) About half of Texans support expanding Medicaid, while roughly one-third say the state should turn down the federal government's inducements to enlarge the program for the poor,
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State's largest doctors group supports adding more poor Texans to Medicaid, with conditions
Athens :: TX :: USA | 4 months ago
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The largest group of Texas doctors conditionally endorsed expansion of the state's Medicaid program on Saturday after months of internal disagreement about a major piece of the federal health care overhaul. Trustees of the Texas Medical Association
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Medicaid expansion refusal hurts hospitals
Stamford :: CT :: USA | 10 months ago
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Medical care for which U.S. hospitals receive no payment is at an all-time high, as governors in states including Texas and Mississippi reject funds under the Affordable Care Act that would alleviate the industry's burden. Barometer shows that
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States saying no to 'Obamacare' could see downside
Washington :: DC :: USA | 10 months ago
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For Gov. Rick Perry, saying "no" to the federal health care law could also mean turning away up to 1.3 million Texans, nearly half the uninsured people who could be newly eligible for coverage in his state. Gov. Chris Christie
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Gov. Perry tells feds Texas won't expand Medicaid
Dallas :: TX :: USA | 11 months ago
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Gov. Rick Perry said Monday that Texas won't establish an online marketplace for patients to shop for insurance or expand Medicaid, two key elements of the federal health care overhaul. In a letter sent to U.S. Health and Human
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Texas politics, ideology clash over Medicaid
New York City :: NY :: USA | 11 months ago
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If the political rhetoric that accompanied last week's Supreme Court ruling on health care reform was any indication, Texans can expect a raucous few months ahead as politicians consider whether to accept billions of federal dollars to expand
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Wanna Work at This Texas Hospital? Fat Chance!
Birmingham :: MI :: USA | 1 year ago
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A Texas hospital has reportedly instituted a hiring policy barring potential employees who are obese -- and officials at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission tell FoxNews.com that the practice is not explicitly discriminatory. The policy,
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Texas' newest seminary opening inside a state prison
Fort Worth :: TX :: USA | over 1 year ago
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It starts with 40 inmates who will be trained at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice 's Darrington Unit in Rosharon, about 300 miles southeast of Fort Worth. Fort Worth's Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary will play a big role in the
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