Esther Reyes, Director of Immigration Policy and Advocacy, Children’s Defense Fund - Texas Testimony to the House State Affairs Committee Opposing HB 4 October [...]
Read MoreStatewide Texans demand action on health care from lawmakers AUSTIN, TEXAS — A coalition of grassroots Texas activists today launched #SickOfItTX, an organizing [...]
Read MoreAustin - A new national report finds that Texas has the worst uninsured rate for women of childbearing age in the nation. The uninsured rate [...]
Read MoreCDF-Texas Executive Director Patrick Bresette contributes to this report on the recently published Public Charge. Published by The Rio Grande Guardian International News Service.
Read MoreYet another pertinent article featuring CDF-Texas Executive Director Patrick Bresette's insights about the numbers of uninsured in Texas. Published by the Texas Standard.
Read MoreCDF-Texas ED Patrick Bresette contributes to an article highlighting how Medicaid expansion has affected states that opted in. Published in Rio Grande Valley Community Newspaper [...]
Read MoreDay Two of Testimony: CDF-Texas, together with a host of powerful partners, offers valuable insight on mental health, maternal health and child safety in an [...]
Read MoreCDF-Texas Executive Director Patrick Bresette utilizes the recently released Census data to give staggering facts and figures about the number of uninsured children and the [...]
Read MoreAn editorial piece (Houston Chronicle, September 14, 2018) that supports CDF-Texas findings and position on the necessary expansion of Medicaid in Texas. Read the full [...]
Read MoreWritten testimony from CDF-Texas Executive Director Patrick Bresette advocating for increased access to healthcare before, after and in between pregnancies as a key to reducing the [...]
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