A special project of Action for Health, the State Care Network monitors, investigates, and provides recommendations on healthcare issues in states nationwide.
Texas
November 21, 2024
Article from KBTX News 3, “Texas A&M programs work to alleviate shrinking rural healthcare access”.
April 12, 2024
Story in KFDA from Canion Cavazos filing from Amarillo, “Northwest Texas Healthcare System opening up new emergency center”.
March 11, 2024
Expert analysis in Law360, “What Workplace Violence Law Means For Texas Healthcare”.
January 4, 2024
Press release, “Envision Healthcare Renews In-Network Agreement With Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas”.
December 1, 2023
Story by Molly Gamble in Becker’s Hospital Review, “HCA buys 3 hospitals in Texas”.
November 8, 2023
Statement from the governor’s office, “Governor Abbott Appoints 14 To Texas Health Services Authority Board Of Directors”.
September 15, 2023
Article in North Texas Daily, “New Texas law eliminates sales taxation on healthcare products”.
August 24, 2023
Report from NBC’s News4SA, “San Antonio hospital battles nurse shortage amid Texas-wide demand for healthcare professionals”.
July 10, 2023
Article on CBS News Texas from S.E. Jenkins and J.D. Miles, “Medical City parent company reveals patient data breach affecting 11 million”.
June 14, 2023
Article from Hannah Norton in Community Impact, “8 health care bills passed by the Texas Legislature”.
New York
November 23, 2024
Story from Rebecca Lewis in City & State New York, “Here are the major bills awaiting Gov. Kathy Hochul’s signature”.
June 8, 2024
Article in the New York Times from Grace Ashford and Claire Fahy, “In Final Analysis, N.Y. Legislative Session Is Defined by Its Omissions”.
April 12, 2024
Story in POLITICO from Nick Reisman and Katelyn Cordero, “Hochul and lawmakers on verge of $235B budget deal”.
March 24, 2024
Article in the Daily News from Tim Balk, “What to know as New York approaches state budget deadline”.
March 21, 2024
Article by Kate Lisa in State of Politics, “N.Y. budget timeline blurs as leaders hover on revenue”.
March 18, 2024
Story in NPR (WXXI News) from Karen DeWitt, “State budget talks begin in earnest in Albany”.
March 12, 2024
Story in NPR (WXXI News) from Karen DeWitt, “New York Senate and Assembly budgets reveal divides with Hochul on spending priorities”.
March 4, 2024
Retirement announcement from Assemblymember Helene Weinstein, the longtime chair of the Ways and Means Committee.
January 30, 2024
Post in State of Politics from Kate Lisa, “Pols pose alternatives to Hochul's desired $1.2B in Medicaid cuts”
Florida
March 22, 2024
Article in WFLA (NBC Channel 8) from Garrett Phillips and Chloe Sparks, “Gov. DeSantis signs package of healthcare bills”.
March 11, 2024
Story in NPR (WUSF) from Gabriella Pinos, “How a nationwide cyberattack is impacting Florida patients and hospitals”.
January 6, 2024
Article in Nation World, “Florida Senate bill would create Health Care Innovation Council”.
December 12, 2023
Article by Eric Wicklund in HealthLeaders, “Florida Senate Proposes State Funding for Healthcare Innovation”.
November 20, 2023
Story in Axios from Yacob Reyes, “Florida leads nation in ACA healthcare enrollment”.
August 11, 2023
Article in The Capitolist by Caden DeLisa, “Orlando Health partners with Florida Medical Clinic to expand healthcare services in Tampa Bay region”.
June 9, 2023
Article in the Tampa Bay Times by Andrew Long, “Florida made it easier to keep your therapist from another state. Here’s how.”
February 1, 2023
Post from Jesse Scheckner in Florida Politics, “House panel talks ‘unpredictable, nontransparent’ pharmacy benefit managers ahead of expected bill to curb powers”.
January 26, 2023
Article from the Miami Herald, “Florida sets record in Obamacare enrollment as people clamor for health insurance”.
January 13, 2023
Article from the Orlando Weekly, “Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis targets prescription drug ‘middlemen’”.
Ohio
March 22, 2024
Article by Jake McGlumphy for WTRF, “Ohio Governor Announces Multi-Million Dollar Healthcare Program”.
August 17, 2023
Statement from Sen. Sherrod Brown announcing a $12 million investment in prenatal healthcare research at The Ohio State University.
July 3, 2023
Story by the Urbana Daily Citizen, “Ohio House OKs legislation to increase healthcare transparency”.
May 24, 2023
Article from Megan Henry in the Ohio Capital Journal, “Bill to create universal health care coverage in Ohio re-introduced in House”.
March 27, 2023
Article from STAT’s Ed Silverman, “Ohio attorney general accuses pharmacy benefit managers of drug price fixing”.
Rhode Island
June 1, 2023
Article by Alan Condon in Becker’s Healthcare Review, “Rhode Island AG rejects application for health system sale”.
March 2, 2023
Op-ed in Physicians Practice by Dr. John Machata of Wickford, RI, “Is there a future for small independent practices?”, explaining how small independent practices offer patients the choice of cost-effective, high-quality, and personalized healthcare.
California
March 11, 2024
Article from Molly Castle Work in the Los Angeles Times / KFF News, “A California bill banning medical debt from credit reports gets a boost from California Atty. Gen. Bonta”.
July 26, 2023
Story in the Washington Examiner from Eden Villalovas, “California to use tax penalty proceeds to lower healthcare costs
May 30, 2023
Article by Angela Hart on KFF’s California Healthline, “Newsom and Democratic Lawmakers at Odds Over Billions in Health Care Funds”.
March 3, 2023
Article in the San Francisco Chronicle, “California to end mask, vaccine mandates for health care workers”.
February 1, 2023
Analysis from State of Reform’s Hannah Saunders, “California healthcare bills to expect this legislative session”.
January 10, 2023
Statement from the California Medical Association (CMA) in response to Gov. Gavin Newsom's January budget.
New Hampshire
March 14, 2024
Story in WMUR (ABC Channel 9) from Marissa Tansino, “New Hampshire hospitals feeling impacts from cyberattack on insurance claims processor”.
July 14, 2023
Article by David Muoio in Fierce Healthcare, “New Hampshire, hospitals come to terms on psychiatric boarding multiyear lawsuit”.
March 23, 2023
Article from Paula Tracy with the state’s Center for Public Interest Journalism, “Senate Votes to Make Medicaid Expansion Permanent, Approves Other Bills”.
SCN News
March 8, 2024 // Op-ed in Empire Report by our President Christopher Sheeron exploring Part H of the Executive Budget Health & Mental Hygiene Article 7 legislation and how it endangers Managed Medicaid patients.
January 23, 2024 // Written testimony from the State Care Network and Action for Health submitted to the New York State Senate and Assembly for their Executive Budget Proposal joint public hearing on health and Medicaid issues.
March 1, 2023 // For New York’s Joint Legislative Hearings on the 2023 Executive Budget, Action for Health and the State Care Network submitted testimony here and here.
January 18, 2023 // POLITICO Pulse features the launch of SCN, “FIRST IN PULSE: STATE CARE NETWORK LAUNCHES”.
January 18, 2023 // Press statement announcing SCN’s launch. According to our President Christopher Sheeron, “SCN will leverage our research, communications, and legislative and regulatory capabilities to ensure patients have a seat at the table concerning the laws and regulations affecting them at home.”
January 2, 2023 // Comment letter from the State Care Network and Action for Health submitted to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) on Proposed Rule 20R033: Required Disclosure of Prices for Certain Hospital Items and Services.
