Saturday, September 21, 2013

Texas Uninsured? Again?

The article that I found was published on September 18 2013, it was Texas Again Has Highest Uninsured Rate In Nation by Becca Aaronson. To summarize the article Texas has the highest rate of uninsured people and the highest rate of uninsured children. More than 825,000 children are uninsured in Texas, California has around 2.2 million more children but they have around 108,000 more insured children. Texas also has the highest rate of adults making below 138% federal poverty threshold. Single adults would make under $15,415 a year or $26,344 for a family of three. 55% of the people are uninsured, they could be eligible for Medicaid if Texas expanded the eligibility under the Affordable Care Act. People should read this article because it shows how there are many uninsured families in Texas, but Texas still isn't willing to expand the "Obamacare" to help the familes.

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