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Texas

Texas Is Going To Court To End Obamacare. It Hasn’t Produced A Plan To Replace It.

Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune / Edgar Walters, The Texas Tribune

Posted on July 8, 2019 · During a legislative session focused on schools and taxes, Texas lawmakers did little to prepare for the possibility that Obamacare will be struck down in its entirety — even as the state leads the charge to have the law declared unconstitutional.

Tags Affordable Care Act health care health coverage

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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Delays Controversial Change After Backlash

Allison Lee

Posted on June 4, 2018 · Some Texas medical societies say the insurer's pending review process change would scare patients into not seeking emergency care and could be deadly.

Tags alison haddock Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross blue shield of texas emergency room freestanding emergency rooms health coverage health insurance prudent layperson law prudent layperson standard rice baker institute robert morrow texas college of emergency physicians Texas Medical Association Vivian Ho

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Nearly 33,000 Houstonians could benefit from a healthcare expansion for DACA recipients

Patricia Ortiz

Posted on April 18, 2023 · The Biden Administration is planning to expand healthcare coverage for DACA recipients by the end of the month.

Tags Affordable Care Act daca DACA Houstonians healthcare for DACA recipients immigration medicaid

Houston Matters

The cost of health care isn’t the only thing motivating some medical tourists

Michael Hagerty

Posted on April 12, 2023 · Some Houstonians are traveling much farther than Mexico for health care -- and for reasons other than the rising cost of health care.

Tags health care Maria Chavez medical tourism Moramay López-Alonso rice university

Houston Matters

COVID emergency declaration ends (April 12, 2023)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on April 12, 2023 · On Wednesday's show: The City of Houston's chief medical officer explains what the declaration's end means for Houston and reflects on its impact.

Tags COVID-19 COVID-19 pandemic David Persse health care medical tourism Political Roundup politics

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‘The Last of Us’ spotlights the very real threat of fungal disease

Joshua Zinn

Posted on April 11, 2023 · A local medical expert says the post-apocalyptic HBO series has brought necessary attention to a real medical threat. And science is lagging behind in its understanding of it.

Tags disease Dr. Luis Ostrosky fungi fungus health health care memorial hermann The Last of Us UTHealth

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