Expanding Medicaid Would Insure 1M More Texans And Boost The State's Economy. Why Are Some Lawmakers

[TexasTowelie]

Expanding Medicaid Would Insure 1M More Texans And Boost The State’s Economy. Why Are Some Lawmakers Still Against It?


Texas has the country’s highest uninsured rate and ranks 50th for access to care. Still, Texas is one of 12 states still declining to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, effectively rejecting subsidized coverage for low-income residents who want but cannot afford health insurance.

If Texas lawmakers did vote to expand Medicaid, the federal government would provide $9 for every $1 the state put into the program, meaning $5.4 billion in new federal funds annually.

The subsidies that come with Medicaid expansion could help up to 1 million low-income Texans afford health coverage, which is critical during a pandemic that has now killed more than 40,000 residents statewide.

Republicans are historically against Medicaid expansion, but some members of the Texas GOP now say that’s just bad business, as doing so could boost the state’s overall economy and lower health care costs for all Texans.

Read more: https://www.tpr.org/podcast/the-source/2021-02-15/expanding-medicaid-would-insure-1m-more-texans-and-boost-the-states-economy-why-are-some-lawmakers-still-against-it

[dutch777]

1. Sounds socialist...came with the ACA...no reason to use logic.

Why would you let the power infrastructure in your state be unregulated when it clearly has not saved consumers money as promised and capital reinvestment to maintain and upgrade the system is not being made? TX seems to be the alternative universe for logic.