Edgar Walters, Texas Tribune

Obamacare Cash Helps Pay Texas’ Medicaid Bill

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A provision of the Affordable Care Act that covers some Medicaid administrative costs will help close a $338 million gap in the state’s Medicaid budget, even though Texas has declined to expand the health program for the poor.

Texas GOP Leaders Say They Won’t Expand Medicaid

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Republican lawmakers asked the Obama administration for greater flexibility to administer the state-federal insurance program and reiterated their lack of interest in expanding eligibility under the federal health law.

Texas Has High Stakes in Lawsuit Over Health Law

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Nearly 1 million Texans who signed up for health insurance through healthcare.gov would be affected if the court invalidates subsidies in federal exchange states – and not just the ones getting subsidies.

Arkansas Medicaid Plan Offers Mixed Lessons

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An influential Texas group says Arkansas’ experiment using federal money to buy private insurance for the poor has cost more than expected and should not be emulated by other states.

For HIV Patients In Texas, Expanded Coverage Is Elusive

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Many people with HIV live below the poverty line and therefore won’t qualify for Obamacare subsidies to buy private insurance, or for Medicaid since Texas officials opted against expanding that program under the law.