Tag Archives: Proposal to ensure new moms have health insurance a full year cut in half by Texas Senate

AUSTIN — Senators watered down a proposal originally intended to ensure thousands of new moms have health insurance for a full year after giving birth, offering up six months of coverage instead. The bill to extend Medicaid coverage is meant to prevent mothers from dying or developing serious complications following childbirth. Medicaid covers low-income women through pregnancy then cuts off …

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