Healthcare

House Panel Debates Medicaid Expansion Proposal

Despite Gov. Rick Perry remaining strongly opposed to expanding Medicaid, a House panel on Tuesday considered legislation that would expand coverage to poor adults under the Affordable Care Act. “This is not...

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Thousands of Texas Veterans Would Benefit from Medicaid Expansion

Over 66,000 uninsured Texas veterans and their spouses could gain health care coverage if the state moves forward with Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. In Texas, over 200,000...

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Protect Social Security

AS you may know, President Obama has proposed cuts in Social Security as part of a compromise with Republicans. I cannot agree with it. If you feel as I do,...

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How Michelle Obama won over Mississippi on school lunches

  First lady Michelle Obama and Food Network chef Rachel Ray discuss lunches with students from the Eastside and Northside Elementary Schools during a "Let's Move!" program at the Clinton,...

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Is the War on Drugs nearing an end?

An interesting article that runs parallel to our last HCDP Brown Bag regarding the War on Drugs. From Huffington Post's Matt Sledge:  NEW YORK -- For four decades, libertarians, civil...

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Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies

President Obama announced a new initiative today that could literally change life as we know it.  This sort of basic science bench work will surely lead to cures for diseases...

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ObamaCare in Plain English - A Good Read

A comprehensive article from Addicting Info about Obamacare.  === There’s a lot of hype going around about ObamaCare, and by now you are probably getting mixed information about what the...

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What Medicaid Expansion would mean for Harris County

While some Republican governors have changed course and accepted the Federal government's expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, Texas Governor Rick Perry continues to appeal to the fringe...

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15 for 100: I would take that deal!

While Gov. Perry sits on his hands... millions suffer.     Everyone has the right to affordable health care.  It is beyond my understanding why some think that others do...

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Shame on Gov. Perry

Shame on Gov. Perry! From: Gallup News [mailto:gallupnews@gallup.com] For the fifth straight year, Texas has the highest uninsured rate in the U.S. -- the 28.8% of residents without healthcare coverage...

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