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It’s Time for Texas to Support Medicaid Expansion
Texas Republican leaders have been quite vocal in opposing any expansion of Medicaid. Much talk from Republicans as a means of attempting to soften on Latinos has centered on immigration, but health...
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Texas Lege Must Increase Nursing Home Medicaid Funding
While expanding Medicaid is a very important issue to support, there are problems that the Texas Legislature has caused to one part of the program today and since 1999, particularly to the State...
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Just In: Texas House Unanimously Passes Medicaid IOU Bill
The Texas House of Representatives passed by a vote of 148-0 a bill to fund a Medicaid IOU bill to ensure there is enough money to continue providing health services to the poorest in Texas–3 million...
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Perry No Care Takes Message to Guv in DC
Rick Perry wasn’t expecting to get got at a DC fundraiser for himself. A group of Texans from Perry No Care (aka Texas Organizing Project) took their message to DC to tell Rick Perry to support...
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Farrar Responds to Judge Emmett’s Support of Medicaid Expansion
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Progress Texas: Who Supports Medicaid Expansion in Texas?
Thanks to our friends at Progress Texas for supplying this growing list. Who Supports Medicaid Expansion in Texas? The list below is compiled and regularly updated by Progress Texas, in consultation...
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Medicaid IOU Bill Gets Texas Senate Support
A Medicaid IOU bill (HB10) which will fund the program for the rest of the fiscal year gained approval from the Texas Senate today. But they also added an amendment to it that the House must now...
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Video: A New Medicaid Plan for Texas
Thanks to our friends at OneTexas for sending this over. If Republicans don’t want to listen to common sense Democrats, perhaps they’ll listen to some of their own who support Medicaid expansion. Filed...
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Poll: Latinos Really Want to Know More About ACA
As much as Latinos respond to Republican negativity about immigration reform, can you imagine how they would react if more Latinos knew about the Affordable Care Act? A poll by Latino Decisions...
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Perry and Dewhurst Will Continue Attack on Texas Women
As was expected, after Democrats defeated a bill to limit access to women’s health care and abortions in Texas, Rick Perry has called for a 2nd special session that will deal with “abortion...
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Can’t Make It To Austin on Monday? [EVENT]
Yeah, I can’t make it on Monday. But there will be a Meet Up to Stand Up compliments of Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast right here in Houston. Can’t make it to Austin? Meet Up to Stand Up with fellow...
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SB5 Is Now HB2 and SB9 [Special Session 2]
As Cryptic Philosopher reminds us, the rallying cry for defenders of women’s rights no longer will include “#sb5″ in any of the communications regarding the 2nd Special Session called by Rick Perry. A...
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Now, We Have SB1
According to State Senator Jose Rodriguez (D) El Paso, Senate Bill 1, the companion bill to House Bill 2, has now been filed as the omnibus anti-choice bill by Hegar and co-authored by Estes and...
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Houston’s Meet Up to Stand Up
Senator Sylvia Garcia Speaks to Meet Up Crowd. After over 5,000 rallied in support of women’s rights in Austin yesterday, a couple to few hundred more gathered at Houston’s Hughes Hanger on Washington...
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Stand With TX Women Bus Tour – Houston
I’m sure there is a lot of excitement, now that Rick Perry has announced he is done as Governor at the end of what seems like another endless term. But the fight in Austin against Rick Perry’s attack...
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The #SWTW Rally: We Need More of These
Standing among over 1100 women’s rights activists, I’m sure I wasn’t the only one cheering on Wendy Davis and some of my favorite State Senators while also thinking about what the hell the Republicans...
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Dem Reaction to HB2, Looking Ahead
A few hours later and it is still sinking in that some sort of right-wing “christian” Taliban is in charge of the state of Texas. Too harsh? Well, when I’m still able and willing to recall the “good...
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The Notion That The GOP Needs to Embrace People
An article in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal (by Enrique Rangel) caught my eye this weekend. It talked about the need for the Republican party to embrace minorities, and featured in the article was a...
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Event: 2013 Walk for Mental Health Awareness – Houston
DosCentavos.net is proud to support this event: Event: Third Annual - The Walk for Mental Health Awareness – Houston Sign up here! We are one big event with four parts – for parts details, please,...
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Event: 2nd Annual GOLDEN Dinner and Dance
Another event DosCentavos.net is proud to support. Click on the image to purchase your tickets! Kudos to Danita Gallegos and her crew for putting on this event again. Click image to purchase...
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