Texas is one of a dozen states that hasn’t expanded its Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act. It’s also the state with the highest number of uninsured residents.
Texas got some breathing room when the federal government decided last week tofor health care for some of the state’s residents without private insurance.
Texas is one of a dozen states that hasn’t expanded its Medicaid program under the federal Affordable Care Act. It’s a financially attractive federal match — the state would get roughly 90 cents for every dime invested — that has been the bane of Republicans in Texas from the moment of its inclusion in what some of them still refer to as Obamacare.the latest American Community Survey
Texas found a way to bring in more Medicaid money without signing up for expansion. As The Texas Tribune’s Karen Brooks Harper, “Texas had come up with its own mechanism known as the Local Provider Participation Funds, in which private hospitals set up taxing districts and sent that money through local and state governments to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.”
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