The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services said he was “deeply alarmed” at the hundreds of thousands of children in Texas who have been removed from the state’s Medicaid program since April.

Starting March 1, Texas mothers eligible for Medicaid, or Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) through the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), will be able to get postpartum ...

Austin (KXAN) — Several different attempts to expand Medicaid coverage in Texas did not materialize into law in Texas during the recently completed legislative session. Among those disappointed ...

Texas moms will be able to stay on Medicaid for a year after childbirth, after the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid approved the state's application on Wednesday, according to emails obtained ...

TEXAS, USA — A federal health care program that Texas uses to help pay for health care for uninsured Texans — worth billions of dollars annually — is safe for another decade after the federal ...

Damp Saturday morning, then storms with a strong cold front late Saturday night. Damp night and Saturday morning, then a strong cold front Saturday night Read full article: Damp night and Saturday ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday directed two state agencies to investigate the potential misuse of taxpayer money in one ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — A bipartisan group of state senators stood with faith leaders at the Texas Capitol Wednesday to push back on looming changes to Medicaid that could strip almost $9 billion out of ...

WASHINGTON — Texas continues to disenroll Medicaid recipients at one of the highest rates in the country, part of a broader trend that has seen state health departments across the nation move ...

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. One afternoon in April 2021, state Sen. Nathan Johnson ...

An emergency pandemic policy under the Trump and Biden administrations has led to more people covered by Medicaid in Texas, a state that has long refused to expand coverage. But it’s unclear how long ...

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