The Texas Health and Human Services Commission reported Friday that the data of more than 61,000 residents has been exposed in an incident.

Dallas, revived his proposal for a Medicaid expansion program in case state or federal Republican leaders change their minds.

Employees working on food stamps program accessed personal information, Texas Health and Human Service Commission says. Know what to do if you are affected.

Health care bills relating to cannabis, hospital transparency and Medicaid are on the docket for the 89th Texas Legislature.

A list of options a conservative leader has circulated includes key elements of the failed attempt to repeal Obamacare, according to Politico.

Republicans in Washington are working on plans to shrink Medicaid, the nearly $900-billion-a-year government health insurance program that covers 1 in 5 Americans.

After the state missed the Jan. 1 deadline, lawmakers still have time to approve administrative costs before applying for $400 million in federal summer meal assistance.

While the federal government and the states jointly fund Medicaid, each state runs its own program, subject to federal requirements. The federal government covers between 50 percent and 77 percent of the cost of insuring people with Medicaid, depending on the state.

The Department of Government Efficiency is promising big reform, but questions remain as to how critical federal programs will be managed.

Former Texas hospital CEO sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for role in healthcare kickback conspiracy involving illegal payments for laboratory referra

House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, told KFF Health News that Medicaid and other federal entitlement programs need major changes to help cut the federal debt. "Without them ...

Seven human services employees were fired after a string of fraud and theft — and the largest data breach in agency history.