Press Releases


	THCA PRESS RELEASES 2010 Press Releases Texas Health Care Association: Medicaid Rate Cuts Will Undermine Seniors' Care, Jeopardize Caregiver Jobs Base - Federal Medicare Cuts Place Even More Strain on Already Underfunded Texas Medicaid Program (pdf) June 30, 2010 THCA Testimony Warning Lawmakers About Dangers of Proposed $25.6 Million Medicaid Cuts Echoed By Full Page Austin American Statesman Print Ad - Texas Long Term Care Leader, AAS Print Ad Simultaneously Warn State Leaders' Proposed Medicaid Cuts Put Seniors' Care at Risk, Place Texas Jobs in Jeopardy; Rural Seniors, Facilities Face Unique Challenges (pdf) June 24, 2010 THCA President Testifies That Emergency Federal Medicaid Relief Critical Lifeline to Protect Texas Seniors' Access to Quality Nursing Home Care - As State Medicaid Cuts Loom, State Long Term Care Leader Urges Texas Congressional Delegation to Help Secure Federal Passage of $1.7 Billion in Emergency FMAP Assistance (pdf) June 15, 2010 Nation’s Long Term Care Leaders Urge Congress To Extend FMAP - Immediate Extension of Critical Medicaid Funds Crucial To Nation’s Elderly (pdf) June 9, 2010 DON SOWELL CHOSEN AS A FUTURE LONG TERM CARE LEADER (pdf) June 3, 2010 U.S. Rep. Ciro Rodriguez Praised for Touring Buena Vida Care and Rehab Center, Seeing First-Hand the Funding Challenges Facing Vulnerable Seniors, Facilities in San Antonio Area - New Study: Congressional Failure to Pass Emergency Medicaid Relief Extension Costs Texas $1.7 Billion (pdf) June 1, 2010 THCA on Austin’s New Medicaid Cuts: Hurtful to Texas Seniors’ Care, Detrimental to Texas Jobs, Wrong in the Face of Steep Medicare Cuts From Washington - New State Medicaid Cuts on Top of Big Federal Medicare Cuts Equals Double-Whammy for Texas’ Oldest, Most Vulnerable Seniors and Local Jobs Base (pdf) May 19, 2010 THCA: Senator Lucio a Key State Leader in Effort to Preserve, Protect and Defend TX Nursing Home Residents’ Medicaid Benefits Senator Tours Weslaco, Harlingen Facilities; Sees First-Hand the Funding Challenges Facing Vulnerable Seniors, Facilities in Rio Grande Valley Area (pdf) April 22, 2010 Texas, National Long Term Care Leaders: Proposed State Medicaid Cuts Imperil Seniors' Care, Risk Local Health Jobs, Undermine Facility Stability - Medicaid Cuts in Austin, Medicare Cuts in Washington Represent 'Double Whammy' Threat to Quality Care (pdf) March 25, 2010 THCA: Texas Seniors' Eldercare Funding Merits Major Discussion in 2010 Governors Race - Perry, White urged to Protect Seniors' Medicaid Funding as Budget Squeeze Ensues; Local Health Care Jobs Throughout Texas in Jeopardy (pdf) March 3, 2010 Texas Health Care Association Presents Sen. Robert Deuell With Long Term Care Champion Award - Senator Praised for Recognizing, Understanding What Nursing Homes Require to Best Provide Elderly Residents With Quality Care. (pdf) March 3, 2010 Possible State Cuts to Texas Seniors' Nursing Facility Medicaid Funding Imprudent in Light of Worsening Facility Cost Squeeze - Negative Implications of Recently-Enacted Federal Medicare Cuts and Already Underfinanced State Medicaid Rate System Require Careful Scrutiny as Funding Priorities Debated (pdf) February 11, 2010 Texas Health Care Association: Meeting Texas Seniors' Ongoing Care Needs Threatened by Looming State, Federal Funding Threats - Implications of Federal Medicare Cuts Require Careful Scrutiny and Consideration as State Lawmakers Wrestle With Projected Budget Deficits (pdf) January 20, 2010 2009 Press Releases New National Medicaid Study: Texas Seniors' Care Underfunded by $271 Million Annually - Texas Ranks 4th Nationally in Terms of Cumulative Underfunding of Key Seniors' Care Program (pdf) December 9, 2009 New Study of House Health Care Reform Bill: Texas Faces Over $2.7 Billion in Medicare-Funded Nursing Home Cuts Over Ten Years (pdf) August 21, 2009 Expressing Growing Concern, THCA Urges Texas Congressional Delegation to Protect Seniors' Medicare-Funded Nursing Home Care as Health Reform Debate Proceeds (pdf) July 23, 2009 Representatives Gonzalez, Green, Gohmert, Green, Edwards and Hall Praised as Champions of Texas Seniors' Quality Nursing Home Care (pdf) July 2, 2009 In Final Hours Leading Up to Budget Vote, Statewide Seniors’ Advocacy Groups Implore Texas Lawmakers in New Statesman Print Ad, to Boost Urgently Needed Investment in Medicaid (pdf) May 5, 2009 Texas Health Care Association: Senate Budget "Woefully Inadequate" in Funding Seniors' Medicaid-Financed Nursing Home Care - Senate Budget Hundreds of Millions Short in Terms of Meeting Texas Seniors' Growing Care Needs (pdf) April 2, 2009 Texas Seniors Advocates, State Lawmakers Urge Legislature To Boost Investment In Medicaid - Reps. Rose, Herrero Join Silver-Haired Legislature, AARP, Catholic Conference, Heart Association, Others to Say More Funds Needed to Care for Long Term Care Patients (pdf) March 24, 2009 Nursing Administrator: Use Federal Stimulus Money to Help Texas Seniors, Boost Care Jobs - Investing in Nursing Home Care Helps Improve Care for Seniors, Saves Money for Texas Taxpayers (pdf) March 14, 2009 Cross Timbers Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Caregivers and Residents Thank State Rep Tan Parker for Pledging His Support to Strengthen Texas Medicaid Program - State's Rank as 49th in the Nation in Medicaid Funding Undermines Most Vulnerable Local Residents' Long Term Care Needs (pdf) March 6, 2009 THCA: Protecting Seniors, Respecting Taxpayers the Right Agenda for Texas As Legislative Session Opens, THCA Says Investment in Medicaid Should be Key Health Policy Priority (pdf) - January 13, 2009 2008 Press Releases THCA Applauds HHS Commission Consolidated Budget Blueprint for 2010-2011 Medicaid Outlays as a “Good Start” New Medicaid Spending Outline Recognizes Oldest TX Seniors, Providers Jeopardized by Past Funding Shortfalls (pdf) - November 12, 2008 THCA Praises District 32 Candidates Garcia and Hunter for Addressing Medicaid Funding Crisis (pdf) - October 6, 2008 Deuell Praised for Recognizing Strong Nursing Homes Can Prevent Hospital Visits, Save Tax Dollars (pdf) - September 18, 2008 THCA Praises State, Local Officials for Initial Efforts to Protect Seniors in Wake of Hurricane Ike; Urges Leaders to Keep Priority on Assisting Frail and Elderly Texans in Days Ahead (pdf) - September 17, 2008 U.S. Representatives Gohmert, Granger, E.B. Johnson Praised by THCA for Helping Lead House Effort to Stop $45.6 Million Texas Medicare Cuts (pdf) – August 4, 2008 Senator Robert Duncan Receives Long Term Champion Award for Outstanding Leadership in Ensuring Quality Long Term Care in Texas (pdf) – June 26, 2008 New Texas Economic Study: Bush Medicare Cuts Undermine State and Local Economic, Jobs Base - Texas Projected to Lose $121 Million in Economic Activity, $53 Million in Lost Wages, Nearly 1600 Jobs; Texas Health Care Association Says New National, Texas Polls Show Strong Sentiment Against Federal, State Eldercare Budget Cuts (pdf) - June 6, 2008 Texas Eldercare Poll: 57 Percent Less Likely to Back Local Legislator if They Oppose Medicaid Rate Boost - Texas Health Care Association Raising Profile of Key Issue Impacting Texas Seniors’ Access to Quality Nursing Home Care (pdf) - June 2, 2008 New Study of Bush Medicare Cuts: Texas’ Rural Seniors, Nursing Homes 2^nd Hardest Hit in Nation - Texas Health Care Association: Rising Energy and Food Costs, Existing Medicaid Squeeze Already Pose Problem for Texas Facilities (pdf) - May 28, 2008 New Study: Texas Seniors 4^th Hardest-Hit from Proposed Bush Administration Medicare Cuts - $47 Million Cut in Year-Ahead Nursing Home Funding Harms Patients, Threatens Key Nursing Staff Jobs (pdf) - May 13, 2008 Increased Investment in Medicaid Needed to Protect Texas' Most Vulnerable Seniors' Care Access - Texas Health Care Association Tells House Panel Nursing Home Staffing and Quality Programs at Risk from Combination of Medicaid, Medicare Cuts; Long Term Care Profession's Views on Pay for Performance, Long Term Care Insurance Outlined (pdf) - May 1, 2008 Texas Health Care Association: New Report on Long Term Care Workforce Spotlights Need to Boost Texas Medicaid Rates - Existing Medicaid Funding Levels, 49th Nationally, Ill-Serves Ability to Meet Growing Demand for Care (pdf) - April 15, 2008 Family Councils Advocate for Relatives in Nursing Homes (pdf) - March 28, 2008 Increased Investment in Medicaid Needed to Protect Texas Most Vulnerable Seniors' Care Access - Texas Health Care Association Tells Senate Panel That Nursing Home Staffing and Quality Programs at Risk from Combination of Medicaid, Medicare Cuts; Long Term Care Profession’s Views on Pay for Performance Outlined (pdf) - March 26, 2008 New Analysis of Bush FY 2009 Budget: Texas Medicare Cuts 4th Highest in Nation. Proposed Medicare Cuts Further Undermine Texas' Struggling Medicaid Program (pdf) - March 19, 2008 Increased Investment in Medicaid Needed to Protect Houston Area’s Most Vulnerable Seniors, Disabled - Texas Health Care Association Tells House Human Services Panel That Nursing Home Staffing and Quality Programs Are at Risk (pdf) - March 13, 2008 Texas Health Care Association (THCA) Asks TX Congressional Delegation To Sign Letter Urging House Budget Committee to Rescind Bush Medicare Cuts (pdf) - February 29, 2008 Proposed FY 2009 Budget Cuts Significantly Threaten Seniors’ Long Term Care (pdf) - February 29, 2008 Growing Importance of March 4 Texas Primary Requires 2008 Presidential Candidates to Better Address Eldercare Financing Issues (pdf) - February 12, 2008 Texas Health Care Association Urges Texas Congressional Delegation to Fight Planned Federal Cuts to Medicaid, Medicare (pdf) - February 1, 2008 Texas Health Care Association Launches New “Educate ’08” Effort to Help Focus Needed Attention on Long Term Care Issues, Medicaid Funding Crisis (pdf) - January 30, 2008 THCA Praises Distribution of Hazard Alert Radios to Vulnerable Coastal Nursing Homes (pdf) - January 28, 2008 Texas Health Care Association Urges Wide-Ranging Debate on Medicaid Financing Issues in 2008 State, Federal Elections (pdf) - January 15, 2008 2007 Press Releases THCA: Fort Worth Nursing Home Quality Summit Underscores Importance of Sustaining Progress (pdf) - November 27, 2007