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The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is proposing cuts to the reimbursement rates for certain services 鈥� like ventilators and wheelchairs. Providers told a public hearing Monday the new rates could hurt medical supply companies and their patients.

Several major health agencies in Texas are under review by the state's sunset commission 鈥� including the Department of State Health Services and Health and Human Services Commission. Advocates said this cycle could have a significant impact on services and access moving forward.

Since the 1960s, Texas has screened newborns for a variety of rare diseases 鈥� like sickle cell anemia and cystic fibrosis. And that list of conditions continues to grow longer. But, even with a diagnosis, families still face obstacles when it comes to receiving care.

Texas saw the largest increase in the rate of uninsured children in the country between 2022 and 2024. Experts warn it will likely get worse.

Texas health officials are asking for public input for the state鈥檚 application for a new federal rural health program. People can submit their comments through Tuesday, Sept. 9.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling late Friday says U.S. District Judge Janis Jack's contempt ruling and $100,000 per day fine violates the constitutional limits of the power of the court over individual states. The appeals court also said Jack had disrespected the state and its attorneys and created an appearance of being unfair to the state.

The First Unitarian Church of Dallas is starting The Truth Pregnancy Resource Center to counter anti-abortion messages from crisis pregnancy centers.

Medicaid unwinding exposed a 鈥渃risis鈥� in the system as more than a million Texans lost coverage this year.

Medicaid is shedding enrollees for the first time since the pandemic started. But rolls in some states are shrinking much faster than in others. Nearly 4 million people have lost coverage so far.

Advocates are calling for a halt to removals until the state can account for why more than 80% of the people who lost Medicaid coverage were eliminated for 鈥減rocedural鈥� reasons, like not responding to messages from the state.

A new state law increases what SNAP applicants鈥� vehicles can be worth before they鈥檙e disqualified for federal food assistance. But most states don鈥檛 take car values into consideration at all.

Here鈥檚 what to know about the end of emergency health care coverage for low-income Texans.