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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Eleanor Klibanoff

Texas Legislature passes bill to offer new moms a year of Medicaid coverage

Patients wait to be seen at the People's Community Clinic in Austin, on Nov. 8, 2010. Founded in 1970, the People's Community Clinic is a primary care center for the medically underserved and uninsured.
Patients wait to be seen at the People’s Community Clinic in Austin on Nov. 8, 2010. (Credit: Callie Richmond for The Texas Tribune)

New moms in Texas will likely soon qualify for a year of Medicaid coverage, after state lawmakers approved a bill to extend coverage to 12 months after childbirth.

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