More Changes to Medicaid and CHIP Policies are Needed | |
We are grateful for the progress made so far to improve access to health care and testing, especially accessing federal funding for COVID-19 testing for the uninsured. But there are still essential steps that Texas leaders must take to remove barriers to coverage, testing, and treatment. In this latest blog, our Health & Wellness experts Melissa McChesney, Stacey Pogue and Anne Dunkelberg highlight the key state responses to the pandemic and discuss the critical steps still needed. | |
What to Do If You Lose Your Job-Based Health Insurance | |
In the last five weeks, more than 1.3 million Texans filed for unemployment, and job losses are expected to grow. Our Senior Policy Analysts Stacey Pogue and Melissa McChesney offer a new guide to help Texans understand their health insurance coverage options during the Coronavirus crisis. Read more and get information on how to keep your insurance and find no-cost help with enrollment. | |
Thinking of the Bigger Picture | |
We appreciate the extremely difficult choices federal, state, and local officials are making to address the immediate crisis as best as possible. Leaders have taken steps to slow down this deadly virus and to “flatten the curve” on new cases, but the COVID-19 pandemic will have long-lasting ramifications that require us to look at the bigger picture. In Looking Beyond the Crisis, Legislative and Policy Director Luis Figueroa discusses the long-standing policy failures that COVID-19 has exposed and presents policy solutions for lawmakers to address these shortcomings. | |
For many Texas college students, the COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated personal and familial housing and financial insecurity while presenting the additional challenges of adapting to digital classrooms. The higher education institutional response must ensure that these students receive the support they need to meet their immediate needs and to continue making academic progress in the aftermath. CPPP signed on to a joint letter detailing necessary steps Texas higher education leaders and lawmakers can take now and in the coming legislative session to assist Texas college students. Read a summary of our recommendations from CPPP's Ashley Williams here. | |
Get the latest COVID-19 updates from our experts! | |
CPPP’s Ashley Williams joined members of the Postsecondary Advocates Coalition and Austin College Attainment Network to discuss higher education policy recommendations and the impact of COVID-19 on our most vulnerable Texas college students. Watch that conversation here. | |
Texas Public Radio
Unprecedented Demand Strains Texas Food Banks Read more >> Star-Telegram
SNAP benefits can’t be used for online grocery orders. Texas is asking to change that. Read more >> The Texas Tribune
Texas requests federal funding to cover coronavirus testing for the uninsured Read more >> | |
- On Thursday 4/30, tune in for a live video discussion on the COVID-19 implications for the state budget and economy featuring CPPP's Eva DeLuna Castro & Dick Lavine.
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