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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.