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back to archiveDespite several deaths in their custody, Border Patrol won’t vaccinate migrant children
The U.S. government says it’s not vaccinating migrant children held in Customs and Border Patrol custody. In an email to CNBC, which first reported the news, a spokesperson for the agency said they don’t plan on vaccinating migrant children "due to the short-term...
Ahead of new Texas law, Trump strips federal funding from Planned Parenthood
On Monday, a Trump Administration rule change forced Planned Parenthood to withdraw from a critical federal grant program that provides health care to 4 million low-income families. The Administration now says groups like Planned Parenthood who receive funding from...
Cornyn votes against lowering drug prices, says drugmakers would have to ‘eat the cost’
On Thursday Sen. John Cornyn of Texas voted against a proposal trying to prevent drug makers from raising their prices above the rate of inflation. Modern Healthcare, a marquee health care news magazine that is nonpartisan, reported Cornyn’s rationale was that drug...
Texas plays starring role in Obamacare battle of the ages
Ken Paxton, the legally embattled Texas Attorney General just had his day in court, but this time he wasn’t under indictment. The lawsuit he initiated against the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, was argued in front of one of the most conservative courts in...
Health care becomes front and center again as Texas Republicans continue to ignore it
A federal court is hearing arguments Tuesday on Texas’ lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare. It provides yet another opportunity to hang the state’s (and country’s) health care crisis over the heads of the...
Pharmaceutical companies score ‘big win’ on Sen. Cornyn’s watch
Sen. John Cornyn has done an about- face on the soaring cost of prescription drugs. The backstory: Earlier this year the senator raised legitimate concerns around pharmaceutical companies using patents to keep competition out of the market. His proposed legislation...
Democrats laser focus on Sen. Cornyn’s health care record
Health care remains a top concern of Texans, like all Americans, in their daily lives - and in politics. One of the most popular parts of the Affordable Care Act is the provision prohibiting insurance companies from denying people coverage for a pre-existing medical...
All talk and no walk: the Texas Legislature failed on health care this session.
Much of the news media coverage of the 86th legislative session that just wrapped has been on what was accomplished. But what about what wasn’t accomplished? What high priority challenges, as measured by public sentiment of both Republicans and Democrats, did...