Health Care
PODgress Texas: Why health care matters in this election (Episode 4)
October 18, 2018
A podcast for the new majority.
Trump blocks funding for Texans’ health care
October 11, 2018
Providers are left with far less funding after the Trump administrations slashed the health care budget for low-income services.
5 Facts on Texas health care
October 3, 2018
Under Republican leadership, Texas is in a health care crisis.
Texans support Medicaid access
September 25, 2018
Texans support Medicaid access, yet Republican lawmakers continue to dismantle our health care system.
Immigrants deserve quality health care
September 25, 2018
Texas officials are more concerned with scoring political points on immigration than taking care of ailing patients.
The War on Texas Women Continues
September 25, 2018
Texas lawmakers are fighting to defund Planned Parenthood. Again.
Is deja vu covered under the Affordable Care Act?
September 18, 2018
Texas Republicans are in court, again, fighting to dismantle health care protections.
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Top 10 Worst Sh** in the Texas Republican Party Platform
July 19, 2018
In case you had any doubts, the Texas GOP party platform is still garbage.
Saving lives is the main political mission
June 5, 2018
Health care. Education. Jobs. Honest government. Don’t starve the kids or leave them targets of madmen with guns. Don’t abandon pregnant women. Treat all humans with dignity and respect.
It’s a dog-eat-dog world for paid sick leave in Austin
May 17, 2018
Hourly workers struggle from paycheck to paycheck without breaks — unless they’re sick too long; then, they’re fired.
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Progress Texas: 2017 By the Numbers
December 20, 2017
Our biggest stories of the year
Health care either a fight or a right
November 15, 2017
If mental health is priority, then we need to back ACA
Texas Representative Works to Solve Maternal Mortality
August 1, 2017
For Texas Rep. Shawn Thierry addressing the state's maternal death crisis is a personal issue – she nearly died while giving birth to her daughter.
Here Are All the Awful Bills Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick Passed in a Week
July 28, 2017
Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, at Governor Abbott’s behest, orchestrated a cruel act of political theater with very real and devastating consequences on Texans’ lives.
The Importance of Planting Lightning Rods
July 28, 2017
The ACA wasn't saved overnight – it happened after seven months of sustained progressive resistance.
Ted Cruz Meets Betrayal
July 28, 2017
Betrayal is when you represent the state with the highest rate of uninsured in the nation
Perry blames Texas maternal mortality on Black women
July 24, 2017
In a public hearing, State Sen. Charles Perry put the blame on Black women for Texas' maternal mortality crisis. Black women in Texas face the greatest risk of dying after childbirth — a rate nearly three times higher than that of white women.
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Open Letter to Gov. Abbott and Texas Lawmakers: An Attack on Any Texan Is An Attack on All Texans
June 21, 2017
36 groups representing diverse voices across the state denounce the extreme politics driving the Texas legislative agenda and vow to fight back.
Reproductive Justice Group Challenges Legislature to Address Maternal Mortality of Black Women
May 26, 2017
Amidst inaction in prioritizing Texas’ maternal mortality crisis this legislative session, The Afiya Center released a groundbreaking report on the state of Black women in Texas with a briefing at the Capitol.
GOP Plan Would Continue Decades of Expensive Health Care
May 14, 2017
We’ll be poorer. We’ll be sicker. We’ll die sooner.
