Medicaid in Texas covers close to 6 million people, everyone from cancer patients to pregnant people to kids across the state. That coverage means people have access to doctor’s appointments, hospital visits, nursing facilities and birth centers, without having to worry about the cost of care, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
But 13 years after the Affordable Care Act expanded Medicaid, Texas is now one of only 10 states that has yet to adopt it.
Almost a decade of research shows people’s health improves in states with expanded access to care, and about 1.4 million low-income adults would be eligible. So why hasn’t Texas expanded Medicaid?
Source: Expanding Medicaid improves everyone’s health. So why hasn’t Texas done it yet? / KERA News