Study: San Antonio residents among those who spend the most on healthcare

San Antonio residents spend 9% of their median monthly income on health care costs — the 13th highest percentage in the nation.

by Michael Karlis December 15, 2025December 15, 2025

San Antonio residents spend 9% of their median monthly income on health care costs — the 13th highest percentage in the nation.

Affordable Care Act assistance hours at Bibliotech, a digital public library in San Antonio, on Jan. 17, 2014.

Texas News

Texas ACA insurers hike monthly premiums by 35% on average

The amount Texans will pay toward their ACA premiums will likely rise more steeply, with enhanced subsidies set to expire.

by Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune with data reporting by Dan Keemahill November 3, 2025November 3, 2025

Bibliotech, the new digital public library in San Antonio, offered assistance on signing up for the Affordable Care Act on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014.

Texas News

Feds slash the budget for program that helped 65,000 Texans enroll for health insurance

With the Affordable Care Act navigator budget cut by 90%, nonprofits are seeking ways to fund their efforts to bring more of the state’s uninsured into regular health care.

by Terri Langford October 22, 2025October 22, 2025

Reproductive health assistants work in the laboratory at Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas North Austin clinic on August 8, 2023.

Abortion Rights

The feds are cutting off public money for all Planned Parenthoods, following a playbook that began in Texas

Texas’ Planned Parenthood has lost half its clinics, but they continue to see thousands of patients a year.

By Lindsey Byman, The Texas TribuneOctober 15, 2025October 15, 2025

A school-age child receives a vaccination.

Texas News

More Texas kindergarteners are coming to school without measles vaccination proof or exemptions

In school districts and charter networks with the most vaccine delinquencies, as many as 44% of kindergarteners were not complying with state requirements.

by Terri Langford and Dan Keemahill, The Texas Tribune October 13, 2025October 13, 2025

U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro speaks during an event.

San Antonio News

Tens of thousands in San Antonio will lose health coverage if Congress doesn’t extend tax credits, Castro says

U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said failure to reach a deal to extend tax cuts for Affordable Care Act premiums would devastate local families.

by Sanford Nowlin October 6, 2025October 6, 2025

Demonstrators gather in Washington, D.C., to raise awareness of the opioid crisis.

News

How Texas localities have (and haven’t) spent funds to fight the opioid crisis

Experts say that how the opioid funds are used in these early years could set the tone for the next nearly two decades that Texas receives settlement dollars.

By Jose Luis Martinez, The Texas ObserverSeptember 20, 2025September 20, 2025

News

1.7 million Texans could lose health coverage under expiring tax credits, ACA changes in GOP megabill

Having never expanded Medicaid, Texas avoided most of the looming federal cuts other states will face. But the Affordable Care Act is a different story.

by Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune July 18, 2025August 21, 2025

News

‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ passes House, bringing deep cuts to health coverage, food assistance for Texans

An estimated 1.6 million Texans will lose healthcare coverage as a result of the bill, San Antonio U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said.

by Stephanie Koithan July 3, 2025July 18, 2025

News

San Antonio Rep. Joaquin Castro says GOP lawmakers’ support of Big, Beautiful Bill will cost lives

‘This is a choice for some of you between your career and saving people’s lives,’ Castro said of the bill’s deep Medicaid cuts.

by Sanford Nowlin July 2, 2025July 16, 2025

News

San Antonio-Austin GOP Rep. Chip Roy calls Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill ‘garbage’

Roy said the bill’s chances of passing before Trump’s arbitrary July 4 deadline are ‘a hell of a lot lower than they were even 48 hours ago.’

by Stephanie Koithan July 2, 2025July 6, 2025

News

Republican budget bill would jeopardize college funding for 150,000 low-income Texas students

The package also would cut SNAP benefits and Medicaid for tens of thousands of Texas students.

by Sanford Nowlin June 25, 2025June 28, 2025

News

Bad Takes: San Antonio leaders should crack down on wage theft as Congress squeezes working class

Wage theft steals more from working people than any other crime in the U.S., according to one analysis.

by Kevin Sanchez June 18, 2025August 5, 2025

News

GOP’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ will devastate San Antonio families, rural Texans, Rep. Joaquin Castro warns

As many as 145,000 San Antonio families receiving Medicaid could be affected by the cuts.

by Sanford Nowlin May 21, 2025July 2, 2025

News

On Ted Cruz’s podcast, Elon Musk claims feds run massive fraud scheme to buy migrants’ votes

Without offering evidence, the DOGE head said agencies are giving up to “$200 billion” in illegal handouts to undocumented immigrants.

by Sanford Nowlin March 18, 2025July 5, 2025

News

100,000 San Antonio residents could lose Medicaid under GOP budget, Joaquin Castro warns

The resolution could also cut up to $234 billion from SNAP benefits and add trillions to the deficit to fund tax cuts for the wealthy.

by Stephanie Koithan February 26, 2025July 2, 2025

News

Texas ranks 46th in nation for women’s health, according to new report

The state ranked dead last in the Health Care Policies category, which includes access to abortion and affordable doctor’s visits.

by Sanford Nowlin February 4, 2025May 5, 2025

News

Two more state employees fired after accessing Texans’ private information

So far, nine HHSC employees have been fired for accessing without a “business” purpose the private information of Texans seeking public assistance that includes Medicaid and food stamps.