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People earning less than $75,000 may owe zero federal taxes Lower income families may owe no federal taxes FOX 26 Reporter Heather Sullivan has some smart sense on what could be next for some lower income families. HOUSTON - People earning less than $75,000 a year may not owe any federal income tax when they file next year. President Biden's American Rescue Plan passed in March is putting much of that money in their pockets instead. The extended deadline to file your federal taxes is coming up on May 17 or June 15 for Texans impacted by the winter freeze.  Parents who can take the bigger ch...

Texas House eying a Thursday vote on Medicaid expansion; supporters say they have enough votes Madlin Mekelburg, Austin American-Statesman © Stephen Spillman, for Statesman Olga Kauffman, of San Antonio attends a rally to expand Medicaid at the Capitol in March, 2019. [Stephen Spillman for Statesman] As the Texas House takes up the roughly $250 billion state budget on Thursday, Democrats will propose an amendment to expand Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act — and they could have the votes for it to pass. State leaders are facing heightened pressure to expand...

As the Texas House takes up the roughly $250 billion state budget on Thursday, Democrats will propose an amendment to expand Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act — and they could have the votes for it to pass. State leaders are facing heightened pressure to expand coverage through the joint state-federal program to more low-income Texans after the federal government this month rescinded approval for a waiver that delivers billions of dollars to a safety net program for uninsured Texans. A bipartisan group of legislators urged their colleagues to consider bills that would expand...

Texas Public Radio Health care advocates in Texas say they see an opportunity to address the state’s rising uninsured rate after the Biden administration announced last week that it is rescinding a health care deal the Trump administration cut with Texas. The 10-year extension of the state’s Medicaid waiver would have provided federal funds to help pay for the cost of hospital care for uninsured Texans through 2032. In a letter to the state’s Medicaid director, federal health officials said Texas hadn’t followed public notice rules when applying for the waiver. “Upon further review...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced last week its decision to rescind Texas’s Medicaid 1115 waiver, citing insufficient reasoning for exempting the state from the waiver’s required public comment period. In explaining its decision, CMS cited a letter it received late last year from three stakeholder organizations urging the department to reconsider exempting Texas from the public comment period.     The three organizations are the Children’s Defense Fund, Every Texan (formerly the Center for Public Policy Priorities) and Texans Care for Children. State of Re...