Yesterday, the Texas Democratic Party held a virtual press conference regarding the state of healthcare in Texas. State leaders and candidates emphasized just how dangerous the Republican Party is when it comes to healthcare. Texas leads the nation in the level of...
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back to archiveRed States are passing Medicaid expansion, why can’t Texas?
On Tuesday, Missouri became the 38th state to expand Medicaid, opening healthcare to over 230,000 Missourians. It joins a lengthy list of GOP-led states in expanding healthcare, including Nebraska, Utah, and Oklahoma. Meanwhile in Texas we still lead the country in...
Study finds 1.6 million Texans have lost their employer-based health coverage
Health policy researchers estimate 1.6 million Texans have lost their employer-based health coverage since the start of the pandemic. The new analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation calculated the number by looking at unemployment insurance claims and...
With several cases in Texas, coronavirus is topic in Democratic presidential debate
During Tuesday’s Democratic debate, presidential candidates spoke to Americans about the seriousness of coronavirus and how to respond to the emerging pandemic overseas. Several candidates on the stage in Charleston, South Carolina on Tuesday night slammed...
Federal appeals court strikes down Obamacare individual mandate
A federal appeals court voided the individual mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday. “The individual mandate is unconstitutional because it can no longer be read as a tax, and there is no other constitutional provision that justifies this exercise...
Texas Dems pressure Cruz, Cornyn to defy Big Pharma and pass lower drug prices bill
Democrats from Texas’ congressional delegation are calling on Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn to consider a sweeping drug prices bill passed by House Democrats last week. The bill aims to lower rising drug prices by allowing the government to negotiate the price...
Amid impeachment hearings, Democrats pass bill to make prescription drugs cheaper
House Democrats can walk and chew gum. Although impeachment hearings have consumed mainstream media attention this week, the Democratic-led House passed a sweeping drug prices bill on Thursday. The bill, named after the late Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, would allow...
One year after promising to ready an Obamacare replacement, Abbott has nothing to show for it
Last December, a federal judge in Texas declared the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. That was music to Gov. Greg Abbott’s ears; he has fought tooth and nail against it for years, despite the law’s overwhelming success in forcing insurance companies to cover...
Cornyn votes for junk health care plans that don’t cover pre-existing conditions
U.S. Senator John Cornyn tries to walk through the motions of supporting health care for all Texans, but, in the end, he couldn’t bring himself around to doing so. On Wednesday, he voted to defend junk health care plans, which aren’t required to cover...