Support HHSC's Funding Request: Make the Medicaid Enrollment System Work for Families

It’s Time to Finally Bring the State’s Health and Human Services IT System into the 21st Century

Cover Texas NowNovember 7, 2024Medicaid, State Policy

Texas' Uninsured Children Crisis – A Failure of State Leadership

Op-ed by Eric Holguin, Texas Director for UnidosUS.

Cover Texas NowOctober 14, 2024Texas Uninsured, Children's Health, Medicaid, State Policy

State Health Officials Request Funding to Address Medicaid Backlog

We encourage the TX Legislature to support HHSC's budget request to improve the Medicaid enrollment system!

Cover Texas NowOctober 14, 2024Medicaid, State Policy

New Census Data: Texas Has Worst Uninsured Rate in US

Kids and adults in Texas are more likely to go without health insurance than their peers in other states.

Cover Texas NowSeptember 12, 2024State Policy, Federal Policy, Texas Uninsured, Children's Health, Medicaid Expansion

Notify Parents When Uninsured Kids Are Confirmed Eligible for Health Coverage

Texas can make significant strides on kids’ health coverage without expanding eligibility.

Cover Texas NowJuly 9, 2024Children's Health, Medicaid, State Policy

Do What Texans Want and Need: Expand Medicaid

Op-ed by Texans Care for Children urging state leaders to support Medicaid expansion to cover adults with incomes below the poverty line.

Cover Texas NowJuly 9, 2024Medicaid Expansion, State Policy

Texas Leaders Should Stop Blocking Medicaid Expansion

Estimates show almost 730,000 Texans would benefit from Medicaid expansion.

Cover Texas NowJune 5, 2024Medicaid Expansion, State Policy

Texas Senate Hearing Addresses Health Insurance

Cover Texas Now members urged Senators to expand access to health coverage.

Cover Texas NowMay 17, 2024Medicaid Expansion, Medicaid, Children's Health, State Policy

National Report Highlights Drop in Children's Medicaid Enrollment in Texas and Other States

Texas alone accounted for more than one million of the total decline in children enrolled in Medicaid/CHIP in 2023.

Cover Texas NowMay 2, 2024Medicaid, Children's Health, State Policy

The State Removed Two Million Texans from Medicaid Health Coverage

Take a look at the recent analysis from Texans Care for Children.

Cover Texas NowApril 29, 2024Medicaid, State Policy, Children's Health

Medicaid "Unwinding" Data Show Persistent Delays for Families, Underuse of Data-Driven Renewals, and More

Texas ranks last in the use of data-driven “ex parte” Medicaid renewals.

Cover Texas NowFebruary 21, 2024Medicaid, State Policy

State Wrapping Up Removal of Texans from Medicaid, But New Data Show Persistent Roadblocks for Texas Families

Delays in Processing Medicaid Applications is a Top Concern Heading into the New Year

Cover Texas NowDecember 14, 2023State Policy, Medicaid, Children's Health

Census Bureau: Texas Has Worst Uninsured Rate in the US

There are several steps Texas policymakers can take to reduce the uninsured rate.

Cover Texas NowSeptember 18, 2023Texas Uninsured, Medicaid Expansion, State Policy, Children's Health, Immigrants’ Health

New TX Data Shows Huge Delay for Medicaid Applications

Cover Texas NowSeptember 14, 2023Medicaid, Maternal Health, Children's Health, State Policy

Initial Data on Texans Removed from Medicaid Sets Off Alarm Bells

81% of disenrollments — representing over 400,000 Texans — were due to “procedural denials.”

Cover Texas NowJuly 20, 2023Medicaid, Children's Health, State Policy

TX Legislature Passes Moms’ Health Coverage, Fails on Medicaid Expansion and More

Cover Texas NowJune 1, 2023Medicaid Expansion, Maternal Health, Children's Health, State Policy

Groups Blast Legislature’s Failure to Pass Medicaid Expansion as Session Comes to an End

Cover Texas NowMay 26, 2023Medicaid Expansion, State Policy

New Poll Confirms Texans Support Medicaid Expansion, But Legislature Misses Key Deadline for Action

Cover Texas NowMay 8, 2023Medicaid Expansion, State Policy

Texas House Voted Down Medicaid Expansion — Take Action

See how your Representative voted.

Cover Texas NowApril 12, 2023Medicaid Expansion, State Policy, Get Involved

Concerns About Bill to Replace HealthCare.Gov with a Texas-Run Marketplace

Testimony against HB 700

Cover Texas NowMarch 30, 2023ACA Enrollment, Affordable Care Act (ACA), State Policy