abc13

Feds approve 12 months of Medicaid coverage for low-income Texas moms

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 ...
Houston Public Media

Texas extends postpartum Medicaid and CHIP coverage for mothers

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 ...
KERA News

Medicaid unwinding exposed a ‘crisis’ in the system as 1.7 million Texans lost coverage

Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect the latest data from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government put protections in place ...
The Texas Tribune

Texas Didn’t Expand Medicaid, but Some Adults Still Find Access

The Brief keeps Texas voters and political observers up to speed on the most essential coverage of their elected officials, the policies that shape their daily lives and the future of our great state.
KXAN

Federal rule could gut $8.6B from Texas Medicaid

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 ...
abc13

Maternal health care advocates applaud Medicaid extension, but say it doesn't go far enough

AUSTIN, Texas -- Mere moments after enduring a cesarean section and delivering her third child, Kalani, on Dec. 15, Tambra Morrison knew that something was wrong when she started to get an ...
NPR

In Texas, Medicaid ends soon after childbirth. Will lawmakers allow more time?

Victoria Ferrell Ortiz found out she was pregnant during the summer of 2017. The Dallas resident was finishing up an AmeriCorps job with a local nonprofit, which offered her a small living stipend but ...