Put Texas First

A lack of insurance in our Texas communities comes with consequences. 📉

Medicaid expansion is crucial for ensuring that folks have access to the care they need, especially in rural towns. 👇

How lack of insurance pushed East Texas diabetes rates above the national average Obesity, poor diet, and a lack of physical activity are risk factors, but an investigative report found a lack of insurance often keeps East Texans from diabetes care.

Medicaid is a lifeline for Texans, yet over 728,000 kids were kicked off this vital program this year. Texas, we can do better.

Let's work towards a future where every child has access to essential health care.

Medicaid is a ‘lifeline’ for Texans, but the state kicked off more than 728,000 kids this year | Houston Public Media Texas has the highest rate of uninsured kids in the nation. And advocates say it’s only going to get worse as the state continues to check whether people are still eligible for Medicaid.

“Texas leads the country in the number of people who have been disenrolled, with more than 1.2 million since April.

About 67% of those were disenrolled for procedural reasons, not because they didn't qualify for coverage.”

Austin families talk about being stuck in Medicaid red tape and living without coverage People's Community Clinic has many families who have suddenly discovered they don't have coverage or have newborns whom they can't get covered.

Access to quality health care shouldn't be a luxury, especially for rural communities. Medicaid expansion is a proven solution for improving the financial health of rural hospitals.

Analysis | Rural emergency hospitals try to find their footing Just 15 facilities have given up inpatient services in exchange for more federal cash.

Our rural hospitals shouldn’t have to focus on emergency care as a lifeline to stay open when our state could do more to help them.

Texans in these regions deserve access to a full range of healthcare services

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Refusing to expand Medicaid has real consequences. In many Texas towns, hospitals are central. Without them, our communities lose jobs and other local businesses.

Why do we have to suffer these losses when there is a clear solution?

COVID-19 funding halted rural hospital closures across Texas, until now La Grange residents worked for months to try to save the 65-bed hospital and asked the city to step in with a loan, but it wasn’t enough.