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Texas legislature expands e-check-ins

 Anthony Brino May 14, 2013
Six years after Texas hospitals were given the ability to verify patient identity with a driver's license electronic strip, a bill passed by the state House and Senate would expand the practice to all providers.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes

 Tom Sullivan July 26, 2012
Foreign policy trumps healthcare on the campaign trail, states oppose Medicaid, three GOP governors put politics over policy, AOA calls ICD-10 a "nightmare" and more ... This Week in Government Health IT.
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GOP Governors putting politics ahead of health policy

 Chris Anderson July 20, 2012
Are Governors Bobby Jindal, Nikki Haley, and Rick Perry resisting health reform to advance their own political fortunes and, in so doing, simultaneously crumbling state healthcare systems and increasing the number of citizens left without insurance coverage?
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes

 Tom Sullivan July 20, 2012
Thunderstorms, headaches, building privacy into health apps, EHR market poised for consolidation, and the all-too-abundant reasons why health org's overpay for IT.
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Will businesses push Perry, others, to rethink Medicaid?

 Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org July 18, 2012
Though Texas Gov. Rick Perry likens the Medicaid expansion to adding people "to the Titanic," insurer WellPoint is grabbing for a piece of the business it thinks will grow in that state.
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Texas: Great care, worst coverage

 Mike Miliard May 29, 2012
The state's political leaders appear to be striving for a status quo wherein a large number of citizens lack health insurance or the means to obtain it. Will that spark a shift among voters during the upcoming November elections?
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Why Texas won't be voting on Super Tuesday

 Mike Miliard March 05, 2012
Thanks largely to intrastate in-fighting over redistricting Texas, which at 155 carries the second highest number of delegates, will not participate in Super Tuesday.
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Will health IT bipartisanship survive the elections?

 Mike Miliard February 06, 2012
Parties and candidates will inevitably stoke the health reform debate fires between now and November but the one aspect they all seem to agree on, at least publicly, is the raft of benefits health IT brings. But the survival of HIT's bipartisan nature will ultimately be a matter of federal funding -- and not all health-centric technologies are equal.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes

 Tom Sullivan January 20, 2012
This Week in Government Health IT ... VC skyrockets in PHRs but speculation about Microsoft's HealthVault continues, Perry backs Gingrich, a look at Newt's long history with HIT, Vermont plans single-payer system, tips for HIEs, and ONCs new video contest.
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Perry's out, a new Iowa winner is in - kinda sorta

 Tom Sullivan January 19, 2012
The campaign trail twist today with some unexpected turns, and some that are not so surprising.
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GOP front-runners see market solutions for healthcare

 Mary Mosquera January 03, 2012
Republican presidential candidates all vow to repeal health reform law but are generally short on details about how they intend to replace it.
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