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HHSC said it was initially told the plan was “not approvable.” Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a statement Friday saying Texas’ plan to extend coverage to six months was not rejected but still under review. ....
Texas’ application to extend Medicaid coverage for new mothers from two months to six months has been denied by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, with no immediate reason. ....
State lawmakers who wanted the extension believe feds could have interpreted language in a 2021 bill as excluding pregnant Texas women who had abortions. ....
State lawmakers who wanted the extension believe feds could have interpreted language in a 2021 bill as excluding pregnant Texas women who had abortions. ....
More than 500,000 Texans are living with intellectual and developmental disabilities. But Texas has the capacity to serve barely a fifth of those individuals. ....