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Report: Mentally Ill, Addicted Left Behind By Texas Refusal To Expand Medicaid

Carrie Feibel

Posted on March 28, 2016 · A new federal report estimates that expanding Medicaid could help hundreds of thousands of mentally ill and uninsured Texans get treatment. Read the report below.

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Texas Executes Man Courts Recognized As Mentally Ill

Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune

Posted on March 23, 2016 · Adam Kelly Ward, whom appeals courts had recognized as mentally ill, was executed Tuesday evening for a 2005 shooting death after the U.S. Supreme Court declined his final appeal.

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