STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS
STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

Medicaid funding restored to Texas hospitals 

Nearly $12 billion in Medicaid funding to Texas hospitals will be restored after a nearly year-long stalemate between the state and the federal government ended, the Texas Standard reported.

Gov. Greg Abbott hailed the end to the impasse.

“This funding is a major victory for Texas patients,” Abbott said in a statement. “It authorizes nearly $12 billi…