Texas leads the country in the share of residents without health insurance. | England_Weber
, leads the nation in the share of uninsured children — with more than double the national average.
Dunkelberg said the numbers were similar to the last estimate from the Census Bureau in 2019. She said federal protections that prevented clients from being removed from the Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicare helped forestall a larger increase of uninsured Texans. "The bottom line is that these advantages have helped," he said."They’ve made a dent in the uninsured rate in Texas, but we’re still by far the worst. It’s really not that close."
The numbers showed nearly 1 in 4 working Texans went without insurance last year. Sasser expressed concern that those Texans, who are between the ages of 18 and 64, may not make enough money to afford plans under the Affordable Care Act. They're also too old to qualify for the Children's Health Insurance Program and too young to qualify for Medicare.
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