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Texas Stuggles With Mental Healthcare

Unfortunately, the problem isn’t a recent development. A 2018 reportfrom the North Texas Community Health Collaborative found that six Dallas-area counties had no psychiatric care capacity, and another, Parker County, had just 12 beds for a population of … See more

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Texas School Districts Hire More Mental Health Pros

WEBOne in six American children ages 6-17 experiences a mental health disorder each year, according to the National Association on Mental Illness. While mental health …

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Texas’ Shortage Of Mental Health Care Professionals Is Getting …

WEBFor 24/7 mental health support in English or Spanish, call the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s free help line at 800-662-4357. You …

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Expanding Healthcare in Texas: What’s on the Table, and Who’s …

WEBThe good news about HB 3871 is that it has far more Republican support than might be expected. Lyle Larson (R-San Antonio), Steve Allison (R-San Antonio), …

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Reproductive Care Crisis: Texas Falls To 49th Place In National …

WEBHealthcare. According to a recent health system ranking by The Commonwealth Fund, Texas lags behind nearly all other U.S. states in terms of …

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Mindfulness Over Perfection: Selena Gomez Takes the SXSW Stage …

WEBJovanka Palacios, a Mexican-American Politics Reporter and Managing Editor at RA's Gun Violence Watch, unveils the Capitol's inner workings. Focused on …

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New Reforms on Medical Coverage Have Passed the House

WEBHouse Bill 3752 was passed by the House Insurance Committee with a 5 to 3 vote. This bill would increase health insurance coverage for Texans by allowing the …

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Report Shows Texas Ranked at Bottom for Infant Mortality

WEBTexas has an infant mortality problem. The March of Dimes 2020 report card, a review of the health of moms and babies across the U.S., grading states and …

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Ted Cruz Celebrates Blocking Veteran Healthcare Bill

WEBHealthcare. Author: Staff. August 1, 2022. 2 min. read. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz received backlash after fist-bumping Montana Sen. Steve Daines for voting “no” on a bill …

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Why Are Texas Children At Greater Risk Of Losing Medicaid

WEBDisenrollment due to administrative barriers or fluctuations in family income are the top reasons children lose Medicaid. This will lead to at least 6.7 million children …

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Will Failing to Expand Medicaid Cause Rural Hospitals to Close

WEBAn expansion of Medicaid could help rural hospital avoid closures and continue to provide much needed care for these elderly residents. But Medicaid …

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Rural Hospitals Continue to Close in Texas

WEBHowever, these benefits were only felt by states that chose to opt in. Texas is one of 14 states that decided against expansion. This cost Texas’ hospitals $34.3 …

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New Numbers Show Grim Reality of How Many Texans Lack …

WEBTexas is once again at the top of the heap when it comes to how many of its residents are without health insurance. The state’s uninsured rate jumped to 18.4 …

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San Antonio HIV cases on the rise, city called 'hot spot'

WEBA “hot spot” represents a transmission cluster of cases where the virus in the infected individuals is of a genetically similar strain. This means that the virus is spread …

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How Texas Puts Its Children at Risk

WEBThe Texas Department of Family and Protective Services 2018 Data Card indicated there were 66,382 confirmed cases of child/abuse neglect in the state. As of …

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Two Million Texans Could Be On Obamacare, But Aren’t

WEBOctober 26, 2022. 2 min. read. Among Texas’ uninsured population are 2 million residents who could be signed up for extremely cheap health insurance through the government …

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Texas Leads the Nation in Uninsured Children, Report Shows

WEBOctober 9, 2020. 2 min. read. Nearly one million Texas children, 13% of the state’s population of those 18 and younger, did not have health insurance in 2019, according to …

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Texans Go Without Healthcare While State Leaders Play Politics

WEBBefore the 87 th Texas Legislature even convened, Sen. Nathan Johnson (D-Dallas) pre-filed legislation providing for the “development and implementation of the …

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Texas Has a Serious Food Insecurity Problem

WEBTexas is also one of 15 states with higher food insecurity than the national average. In reference to the grand opening of MacGregor market, Scott Packard, …

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