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September 8, 2023

Editor's note and clarification: the story has been updated to better reflect the Texas Health and Human Services explanation on what are active system issues and its response on a vendor contract.

Jennifer Barrios remembers receiving in May a yellow envelope with the red letters "Action Required" on it.

She logged into the Texas Medicaid benefits app, which the mother of three from Donna, near McAllen, uses to submit information and to check her children's Medicaid benefits.


September 1, 2023
Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), Ranking Member of the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, released the following statement regarding the Biden Administration’s announcement of new actions on nursing home safety:
Issues:Healthcare

August 30, 2023

WASHINGTON — Texas is disenrolling Medicaid recipients at the fastest rate in the country, raising questions about how carefully the state health department is analyzing patient's financial data as the nation moves to return Medicaid rolls closer to pre-pandemic levels.

Issues:Healthcare

August 27, 2023
Two emails from whistleblowers at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission concerning Texans being disenrolled from Medicaid coverage have drawn the attention of Texas members of the U.S. House.
Issues:Healthcare

August 22, 2023
Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (TX-37) and Rep. Greg Casar (TX-35), together with the entire Texas Democratic delegation, urged the Biden Administration to quickly intervene and pause the Medicaid redetermination process to take corrective action and ensure the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) comes into full compliance with federal Medicaid requirements.
Issues:Healthcare

August 10, 2023
Austin, TX – Today, Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) urged Austin veterans who were exposed to toxic substances and may be eligible for expanded VA health care and benefits under the PACT Act to file a claim—or submit an intent to file—by August 14, 2023, to receive benefits backdated to August 10, 2022.
Issues:Veterans

August 4, 2023

Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) is expected to unveil two bipartisan bills today to revamp the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, including shifting Covid-19 vaccines under the program’s purview.

Issues:Healthcare

August 4, 2023
Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representatives Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) introduced the Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act to provide much-needed updates and improvements to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) and shift pending COVID-19 vaccine claims from the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP) to the VICP. This legislation would override the Administration’s recent announcement that COVID-19 claims will remain in the CICP through December 31, 2024.
Issues:Healthcare

July 26, 2023
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) called on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to take a closer look at how Medicare Advantage plans are marketed to seniors. Enrollment has surged past 30 million this year and the number of plans available for seniors to choose from has skyrocketed.
Issues:Healthcare

July 21, 2023
WASHINGTON — Today, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-San Antonio), together with many colleagues, including the entire Texas Democratic delegation and the chairs of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Congressional Black Caucus, and Congressional Asian-Pacific American Caucus, urged the Biden administration to assert its authority over federal immigration policy and foreign relations to investigate Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star border operation and pursue legal action to stop the extraordinary cruelty against migrants detailed in recent reports from the San Antonio Express-News, the Houston Chronicle, and the New York Times.
Issues:Immigration