Texas Republicans rarely talk about their opposition to Medicaid expansion these days, but a 32-year-old think tank—the Texas Public Policy Foundation—proudly promotes their position any ...

Texas Republicans have opposed Medicaid expansion for years. Back in 2015, Gov. Greg Abbott said “Medicaid expansion is wrong for Texas,” writing in a news release that the program is ...

Bottom line: Federal health reforms will have a tremendous impact on the state budget, Medicaid and the state’s primary care network, regardless of the expansion. Although Texas would need to ...

Some experts estimate that not accepting Medicaid expansion has cost Texas about $2 billion over fiscal 2022 and 2023. As Benjamin Franklin famously said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a ...

After resisting for 14 years, Texas lawmakers are considering Medicaid expansion under the proposed bills SB 637 and HB 2939. Texas is one of 10 states that have not expanded Medicaid. The Affordable ...

Medicaid expansion, encouraged by the Affordable Care Act, has helped reduce the percentage of uninsured, lowering it from 17.8% in 2010 to 10.9% by 2019. But supply didn’t rise to meet the ...

Health & Medicine Texas Refuses to Expand Medicaid. Here’s What We’re Missing Out On. These benefits could be ours, if the Lege would just help insure a million more Texans.

Texas, one of 10 states that refuse to implement Medicaid expansion, has the highest uninsured rate in the nation. Jacob Wackerhausen/Getty Images Peter Clark is communications director at Texans ...

If Texas accepted Medicaid expansion, though, then all low-income women would be covered regardless of the need to become pregnant or the 60-day cutoff afterward.

Lately, there has been much discussion regarding the state's uninsured and the ...

The Affordable Care Act expanded Medicaid coverage to nearly all adults with incomes of up to 138% of the federal poverty level. (In 2023, that's equal to $20,120 for an individual, or $41,400 for ...

Texas Republicans rarely talk about their opposition to Medicaid expansion these days, but a 32-year-old think tank—the Texas Public Policy Foundation—proudly promotes their position any ...