Texas Hospitals Regain Medicaid Support

Texas said nearly $12B in public health funding would be restored, covering hospitals, physicians, rural clinics, nursing facilities, and behavioral health providers statewide.
State leaders said the restored funding would help keep emergency rooms open, preserve local care for rural families, and maintain treatment access statewide.
The halt began on Sept. 1, at the start of Texas' new fiscal year, and hospitals were slated to lose $27M per day.
Hospital leaders said the impasse had been averted, allowing facilities to focus again on caring for Texans after nearly a year of uncertainty.
The funding helps close the gap between public coverage reimbursements and hospitals' actual treatment costs for low-income Texans, though transfer timing was not immediately clear.