Federal Medicaid mandates take the first and biggest bite out of the Texas budget, taking priority over all other state spending – If Texas controlled Texas Medicaid, it could provide better care to patients, reduce inefficiencies, and improve reimbursements to providers. Federal funding formula for Medicaid encourages spending, not saving.
Health Care
Texas Has the Tools to Protect Health Data. Now We Just Need the Political Will.
Filled with anticipation, a woman in her early 30s downloads a fertility-tracking app. She and her husband are finally ready to start their young family and have a baby. Every morning she logs her cycle, her basal temperature, her symptoms. She grants the app access to her Apple Health data because the onboarding screen says...
July 24, 2026