Past Articles by Carrie Feibel
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Advocates Worry Texas won't Expand Medicaid Texas has opposed the Affordable Care Act from the start. There's been little movement on setting up its insurance marketplace because officials said they were waiting for the Supreme Court ruling. Local health care workers are worried that even after the ruling, the state won't set up an exchange, and might even turn down the Medicaid money from the federal government. |
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The Rodeo Circuit: Bucking Bulls And Broken Bones It's rodeo season across the country. Fans will pack stands to watch bucking broncos, raging bulls and barrel racing. For the participants, it's a natural high. But it can be also dangerous. Cowboys and cowgirls often get injured, sometimes seriously. |
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Texas Has Highest Percentage Of Uninsured Almost a quarter of people in Texas lack health insurance. We take a look at what that means for a patient struggling to get treatment for a health condition. |
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'The Prison Show' Helps Texas Inmates Find Escape Houston radio station KPFT's The Prison Show helps inmates connect to the outside by broadcasting messages from loved ones and even conducting on-air weddings. "This is a real dark, dark place," says inmate John Chris Hernandez, "and when the show comes on ... it brings a light into the cell." |
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Texas Asks Feds To Delay Health Insurance Rebate Plan Under the Affordable Care Act, health plans that spend too much on administrative costs instead of medical care are required to offer rebates to customers. Some states, such as Texas, aren't ready for this change just yet. |
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Houston's Health Clinics Struggle To Meet Demand A new study documents the increasing crush of patients turning to public clinics in the Houston area. Officials there are worried because they expect even more people to seek care when the Affordable Care Act, the federal health law, takes effect in a little over two years. |
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Heart With No Beat Offers Hope Of New Lease On Life Surgeons have long searched for an artificial heart that won't break down or cause clots or infections. A Texas team thinks the answer may rest in a device that relies on simple whirling rotors to create a continuous flow of blood - which means living with no pulse. This past spring, the device got its first test in a patient. |
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In Houston, Doctors Provide Update On Rep. Giffords Doctors in Houston gave an update Thursday on wounded Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. She was shot in the head at a constituent meeting back in January. Ever since, she's been undergoing intensive rehabilitation and surgeries. |
