As of Sept. 1, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission has a new contract for the STAR+PLUS Medicaid program. Given the changes to STAR+PLUS in your area, now may be a good time to review ...

Experts warn that cuts to Medicaid could further erode protections for contraception access. “State policies are really ...

New study ranks state policies as states increasingly define who has access to contraception and who does not.

As of Sept. 1, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission has a new contract for the STAR+PLUS Medicaid program. Given the changes to STAR+PLUS in your area, now may be a good time to review ...

Texas Rep. Wesley Hunt is demanding answers from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul over how many of the state’s estimated 670,000 ...

Some of the bill’s changes go into effect later this year, while others won’t start until after the midterms in 2026.

Specific changes to SNAP and Medicaid — and other provisions in the bill — could have significant impacts in Texas.

April is Medicaid Awareness Month—a time dedicated to highlighting the vital program that provides health coverage to approximately half of the 8 million children living in Texas. Medicaid is ...

Texas’ recent unwinding of Medicaid and CHIP has been criticized, dropping more than a million people eligible for the health insurance programs. Decades ago, Texas officials got kids health ...

Texas has removed thousands of people from Medicaid rolls after a pandemic moratorium on such removals ended. Contributor Victoria Eardley writes that this is an effort to "right size" the program ...

But in Texas, which had the highest uninsured rate of any state in 2021, the Medicaid program is far more restrictive. Many of those with coverage are children, pregnant women or people with ...

Last December, he became one of 810,000 children dropped from Texas’ Medicaid program in the previous five months, but was reinstated through his mother's efforts. An impossible task.