Almost all of the pregnant women Dr. Joshua Splinter sees at his rural East Texas practice are on Medicaid. For years, he would treat these patients during pregnancy, deliver their babies and then start the mad dash to squeeze in a follow-up visit before they lost insurance just eight weeks after giving birth.

Legislators allowed doulas and community health workers to bill Medicaid last session. They’re hoping it’s just the beginning.

Property tax relief rounds out some of the top issues Texans would like to see the Legislature focus budget surplus money on.

The White House budget office has ordered a sweeping pause on all federal grants, loans and financial assistance not directly provided to individuals.

Medicaid provides healthcare coverage for eligible low-income individuals and families in Texas. However, eligibility is largely determined by your income and specific circumstance

Funding cuts and regulatory changes could radically reduce Medicaid, the largest program providing medical and health-related services to low-income people, as well as Medicare, federal health insurance for people 65 or older, and some under 65 with certain disabilities or conditions.

Texas cities, counties, higher education institutions and nonprofits clambered Tuesday to gauge the potential fallout from the suspension, later blocked temporarily by a federal judge.

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission reported Friday that the data of more than 61,000 residents has been exposed in an incident.

Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that provides health care coverage to low-income individuals and families. It services over 79 million Americans.

After the state missed the Jan. 1 deadline, lawmakers still have time to approve costs before applying for $400 million in federal summer meal assistance.

Texas lawmakers are looking to spend billions of dollars over the next two years to create a school voucher-like program, cut property taxes, raise teacher pay, shore up water infrastructure and continue the state’s border crackdown,

The Helper Bees plans to use the third round of funding to expand into managed Medicaid and for payment innovation.