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Nearly 1.7 million Texans lose Medicaid as state nears end of “unwinding”

Texas has booted the most people from Medicaid of any state in the country. A majority of those removed lost their health insurance coverage because of procedural reasons.

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“The first child is the one that pays the most”: How one family carved out Medicaid coverage for a rare treatment

Gabe Nolasco was born without a vital immune system gland. His family spent years in quarantines and advocating to state insurance so they could keep him alive.

The Texas Tribune

‘An understaffed and broken system’: 900,000 Texans have lost Medicaid as others struggle to access SNAP benefits

Texas Democrats in Congress are urging the federal government to audit the state’s Medicaid eligibility system

The Texas Tribune

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Nonprofit drug treatment center for low-income Texas teens shutters amid opioid crisis

Phoenix House is the latest casualty in an escalating funding crisis for Texas treatment centers as the state struggles with startling increases in overdose deaths, particularly among young people.

The Texas Tribune

Impossibly Low Wages Hurt Community-Based Caregivers and Clients

Texas Health and Human Services Commission and legislators don’t stick up for disabled Texans and those who care for them.

Texas Observer

For deaf children in Texas foster care, limited accessibility compounds trauma

Advocates say better accounting of deaf and hard-of-hearing children in the state’s care and better access to translators are needed.

The Texas Tribune

“Scared out of my mind”: A family scrambles after their disabled 3-year-old loses Medicaid

When Texas started scrubbing people from Medicaid after a three-year pause on removals during the pandemic, one family lost the insurance coverage that helped provide all treatments for their medically complex child.

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More than 500,000 Texans booted off Medicaid following end of COVID-era enrollment

More than 500,000 Texans have lost Medicaid coverage since COVID-era continuous enrollment for the federal health insurance program ended in March, according to Texas Health and Human Services Commission data.

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500,000 Texans have been dropped from the Medicaid rolls since April

Advocates are calling for a halt to removals until the state can account for why more than 80% of the people who lost Medicaid coverage were eliminated for “procedural” reasons, like not responding to messages from the state.

The Texas Tribune

Wrecking Women’s Healthcare

Low-income Texans depend on family planning clinics. The clinics depend on a program that's in trouble.

Texas Observer

Pandemic Medicaid coverage is ending. Here’s what that means for people using Medicaid health benefits.

Texas is reviewing the eligibility of people on Medicaid health plans or Healthy Texas Women now that pandemic Medicaid coverage is ending. Here’s what that means, how to renew your health coverage or find other options if you no longer qualify.

The Texas Tribune

Millions of Texans Are About to Lose Their Health Insurance

An estimated 2.7 million Texans are at risk of losing their Medicaid insurance after the public health emergency expires on March 31.

Texas Observer

Texans brace for the end of nearly three years of pandemic Medicaid coverage

Millions of Texans — mostly children, young adults and new moms — stayed on Medicaid for the duration of the pandemic. The state will soon start reevaluating eligibility.

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