Over three years, nearly 400 pregnant or new mothers died in Texas. Its system for helping the uninsured thwarts women at every turn, frustrates doctors and midwives, and incentivizes substandard care.
Shefali Luthra
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Families Divided
Immigrant infants too young to talk called into court to defend themselves
At least 70 infants have been ordered to appear in immigration court after being separated from their parents.
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Families Divided
Immigrant toddlers ordered to appear in court alone
As the White House faces court orders to reunite families separated at the border, immigrant children as young as 3 years old are being ordered into court for their own deportation proceedings, according to attorneys in Texas, California and Washington, D.C.
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Health care
Texas turns to IUDs in the delivery room to curb unintended pregnancy
Texas is one of nearly two dozen states changing their Medicaid programs to pay hospitals for inserting an IUD or contraceptive implant in the delivery room.
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Health care
State Gets Federal OK to Boost Medicaid Payments
UPDATED: A year after Texas was slated to increase Medicaid payments to primary care physicians under the Affordable Care Act, the state has received federal approval to implement the change.
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31 Days, 31 Ways (2013)
Reuse Program to Focus on Equipment Purchased With Medicaid Dollars
The Health and Human Services Commission will create a program to promote the resale of certain equipment that was purchased with Medicaid dollars. This story is part of our 31 Days, 31 Ways series.
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31 Days, 31 Ways (2013)
More Hospitals to Collect Sexual Assault Evidence
All Texas hospitals with emergency rooms will soon be required to have staff trained in at least basic collection of forensic evidence from sexual assault victims. This story is part of our monthlong 31 Days, 31 Ways series.
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Health care
State to Feds: We Won’t Enforce Insurance Reform
Though Texas will join 26 other states in defaulting to a federal marketplace for purchasing health insurance, it is one of only six that will not enforce new health insurance reforms prescribed by the law.
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Politics
Branch Files Brief Defending State Marriage Law
State Rep. Dan Branch, who is running for Texas attorney general, filed an amicus brief Tuesday to defend a state law that would define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
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Politics
Davis Says She’ll Run for Re-election or Governor
State Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, said Monday she’ll either run for re-election or for Texas governor, and that she’s working hard to make her decision.