Seven human services employees were fired after a string of fraud and theft — and the largest data breach in agency history.
Dallas, revived his proposal for a Medicaid expansion program in case state or federal Republican leaders change their minds.
Health care bills relating to cannabis, hospital transparency and Medicaid are on the docket for the 89th Texas Legislature.
Employees working on food stamps program accessed personal information, Texas Health and Human Service Commission says. Know what to do if you are affected.
A list of options a conservative leader has circulated includes key elements of the failed attempt to repeal Obamacare, according to Politico.
Texas received $203.4M in 2021 to help build community mental health programs at libraries and churches, among other efforts. The funds expired Dec. 31
Comment / The “defund Planned Parenthood” campaign is back—and headed to the US Supreme Court. Rachel Rebouché Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, tasked to lead Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency,
Republicans in Washington are working on plans to shrink Medicaid, the nearly $900-billion-a-year government health insurance program that covers 1 in 5 Americans.
While the federal government and the states jointly fund Medicaid, each state runs its own program, subject to federal requirements. The federal government covers between 50 percent and 77 percent of the cost of insuring people with Medicaid, depending on the state.
The Department of Government Efficiency is promising big reform, but questions remain as to how critical federal programs will be managed.
Former Texas hospital CEO sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for role in healthcare kickback conspiracy involving illegal payments for laboratory referra
House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, told KFF Health News that Medicaid and other federal entitlement programs need major changes to help cut the federal debt. "Without them ...