Lawmakers would like to ignore that Texas leads the nation in uninsured.
Texans rallied to expand Medicaid in 2019 — and nothing happened. The state still leads the nation in uninsured, and lawmakers refuse to expand Medicaid.Each Texas Legislative session that doesn’t expand Medicaid is a failure.
Clearly, lawmakers would like to ignore that Texas has the highest number, 5.4 million, and the highest percentage, 18.4, of uninsured residents in the nation. They also don’t want to think about why Medicaid eligibility rules in Texas are so severe. But while the public health emergency will expire in May, continuous Medicaid coverage will expire Friday.This means state health officials will have to evaluate the eligibility of the nearly 6 million Texans on Medicaid, about 2.7 million of whom are now in danger of losing health insurance.YourTexasBenefits.comThis looming crisis wouldn’t be so dire if Texas would expand Medicaid, but lawmakers have rejected it since 2013.
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