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- July 9, 2025 – Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Families say they face 'heavy burden' with Cook Children's Health Plan in limbo
- May 19, 2025 - Texas Politics: Cook Children's Medical Center Protest Proposal
- May 16, 2025 - Fox 4 Texas: Fort Worth children's hospital's colorful display challenges insurance-axing bill
- May 12, 2025 - Texas Politics: Cook Children’s Health Warns of Looming Medicaid Crisis
- May 9, 2025 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Cook Children’s issues 'dire' warning if TX fails to address health coverage
- May 8, 2025 - Fort Worth, Texas Magazine: Barry Corbin Urges Action to Save Cook Children's Health Plan
- May 2, 2025 - D Magazine: Cook Children's Wants More Competition to Save Its Health Plan
- May 2, 2025 - Becker's Hospital Review: 'We take our direction from our community': Texas health system battles to preserve its Medicaid plan
- May 2, 2025 - Dallas Morning News: Cook Children's CEO: Protect Texas children by empowering local community health plans
- May 1, 2025 - CBS Texas: 1.8 million Texans could lose current health insurance provider if state lawmakers don't act
- April 29, 2025 - Texas Politics: Time Is Of Essence: Protect Children of Texas and Save Community Health Plans, including Cook Children's Health Plan - Texas Politics
- April 28, 2025 - Fort Worth Report: 'Starting from scratch': Texas Medicaid may cut Cook Children's Health Plan
- April 16 - Fort Worth Star Telegram: Op-Ed by Rick W. Merrill, President and CEO, Cook Children’s
- October 4 - Dallas Morning News: Texas judge halts $116 billion Medicaid proposal that could affect 1.8 million
- August 1 - Becker's Healthcare: 'This is dire': Texas systems face losing their health plans (beckershospitalreview.com)
- June 26 - Dallas Morning News: Cook Children’s takes legal action against state to save Medicaid contracts
- June 26 - WFAA (ABC/TV): Cook Children's sues to stop insurance change that would affect 125,000 North Texans
- June 26 - Fox 4 (TV): Cook Children’s sues state of Texas over Medicaid contracts
- June 26 - CBS Texas (TV): Cook Children's suing state after being denied Medicaid contract renewal
- June 26 - Fort Worth Star Telegram: Cook Children’s Health Plan sues the state of Texas over Medicaid contract dispute
- June 12 - CBS Texas: Texas doubles down on plan to drop Cook Children's health plan
- June 12 - Telemundo Dallas: Miles de familias podrían perder cobertura médica en el hospital Cook’s Children
- June 11 - The Dallas Morning News: State doubles down on denying Cook Children's Health Plan Medicaid contract
- June 6 - Texas Tribune: State rejects health insurers' pleas to halt plan that will shake up coverage for 1.8 million Texans
- June 6 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Texas stands by its decision not to award major Medicaid contract to Cook Children's
- June 5 - Fort Worth Report: 6 Tarrant lawmakers protest state Medicaid changes, show support for Cook Children's
- June 2 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram: If you have Medicaid in Texas, a big change could be coming to your health insurance
- May 17 - Houston Chronicle: Poised to lose major Medicaid contract, Texas Children's Health Plan faces uncertain future
- May 10 - CBS 11: 125,000+ North Texas families could lose current health care coverage
- May 2 - WFAA: 'It would be devastating': Proposed changes to Medicaid plans in Texas could dismantle coverage for 125,000 low-income families in North Texas
- April 30 - Modern Healthcare: Medicaid disclosure unfairly benefits Aetna, rival insurers say
- April 26 - Texas Tribune: State's premature release of bid proposal info touches off new battle over $116 billion in Medicaid contracts
- April 24 - Fort Worth Report: Cook Children's Fort Worth health plan could be dropped from state Medicaid plans
- April 24 - Spectrum News: Insurance providers petition possible changes to the state Medicaid plans
- April 19 - Newsweek: Texas Medicaid Shake-up Risks Upending Nearly 2 Million People
- April 18 - Becker's Payer Issues: Texas Medicaid shake-up could force 1.8 million to switch plans
- April 18 - Texas Tribune: Proposed changes to state Medicaid plans could shake up health coverage for 1.8 million low-income Texans
Op-eds and editorials
- May 1, 2025 - Dallas Morning News (op-ed): https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2025/05/02/cook-childrens-ceo-protect-texas-children-by-empowering-local-community-health-plans/
- April 29, 2025 - Texas Politics (op-ed): Time Is Of Essence: Protect Children of Texas and Save Community Health Plans including Cook Children's Health Plan
- April 16, 2025 - Fort Worth Star Telegram (op-ed): Don't let Texas move Fort Worth-area kids off health plans their families prefer | Opinion
- June 5 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram (op-ed): Cook health plan serves Fort Worth children in need. Don't let Texas screw it up
- May 10 - Dallas Morning News (letter to the editor): Letters to the Editor — John Cornyn replies, children's health care, Old City Park
- May 9 - Dallas Morning News (commentary): Texas agency botched multibillion-dollar Medicaid bid (dallasnews.com)
- May 8 - Dallas Morning News (op-ed): More than a million Texas children face health care chaos