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Texas Lawmakers Unlikely To Expand Birth Control Access Under Children's Health Insurance Program

Texas ranks ninth in the nation in teen pregnancy. But lawmakers have neglected to pass a bill expanding CHIP to cover contraceptives. ....

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Lawmakers unlikely to expand Texas children's health plan to cover birth control

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When Jazmine Johnson was in high school, she suffered from heavy periods that were so debilitatingly painful, it affected her school performance.
Her medical insurance at the time was provided by the Texas Childrenâs Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP, which provides health care to adolescents whose families are low-income but make too much to qualify for Medicaid. CHIP provided coverage for her medicine, doctors appointments and other medical needs but unlike Medicaid, it typically does not cover the cost of birth control â something that Johnson needed to regulate her menstrual cycle. ....

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Despite high rate of teen pregnancies, Texas lawmakers unlikely to expand Children's Health Insurance Program to cover birth control

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