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Texas Removes 1.8 Million People From Health Care Plan

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Texas removes 1.8 million people from health care plan

The unwinding process has resulted in significant drops in Medicaid enrollment across the U.S. in recent years.
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7.26.25
Almost 1.8 million Americans have been disenrolled from Medicaid health coverage in Texas in the last two years, according to data by KFF, a nonprofit health policy research and news organization. In Texas, there were 5,922,450 covered by Medicaid in March 2023, but by March 2025, that number was 4,164,694. This marks a change of almost 1.8 million, a rate of decline faster than in Florida, California and New York. Reasons for Texas' steeper drop in Medicaid enrollment could be because of the fact it, combined with Florida, New York and California, made up a significant proportion of Medicaid enrollment. This is in part because the states have large populations, but also because they have some of lowest percentages of health insurance coverage by employers or private plans. This is due to "higher poverty rates, especially in Florida and Texas, fewer good jobs that offer health insurance, and a higher percentage of nonwhite persons, especially in Florida, Texas, and California. More reductions in enrollment are expected in the state, and across the country. With millions already having lost health coverage, concerns remain about access to care for low-income individuals and families.
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A drop in the proverbial bucket compared to the approaching tsunami of December 2026 when massive Medicaid cuts due to the Trump/GOP "Big Ugly Bill" take effect.

Economists say these Medicaid health insurance cuts may impact 17 million Americans nationwide. Texas and Florida are "right-to-work" states with low union representation and thus fewer labor contracts with mandatory healthcare.
 
Rogue Valley said:
www.newsweek.com

Texas removes 1.8 million people from health care plan

The unwinding process has resulted in significant drops in Medicaid enrollment across the U.S. in recent years.
www.newsweek.com www.newsweek.com



A drop in the proverbial bucket compared to the approaching tsunami of December 2026 when massive Medicaid cuts due to the Trump/GOP "Big Ugly Bill" take effect.

Economists say these Medicaid health insurance cuts may impact 17 million Americans nationwide. Texas and Florida are "right-to-work" states with low union representation and thus fewer labor contracts with mandatory healthcare.
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All freeloaders, of course.
 
Rogue Valley said:
www.newsweek.com

Texas removes 1.8 million people from health care plan

The unwinding process has resulted in significant drops in Medicaid enrollment across the U.S. in recent years.
www.newsweek.com www.newsweek.com



A drop in the proverbial bucket compared to the approaching tsunami of December 2026 when massive Medicaid cuts due to the Trump/GOP "Big Ugly Bill" take effect.

Economists say these Medicaid health insurance cuts may impact 17 million Americans nationwide. Texas and Florida are "right-to-work" states with low union representation and thus fewer labor contracts with mandatory healthcare.
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Winning!
 
The Brad Dad said:
All freeloaders, of course.
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The never of them! Being born into poverty, being needy, unable to get a good job with healthcare benefits, doing whatever jobs they can find. What were they thinking? They could just apply themselves work hard and realize the American Dream? Sorry. That is reserved for rich white privilege.
 
Loulit01 said:
Free preventive healthcare would save... Nevermind, I just make myself depressed.
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Cutting healthcare is the golden age and makes America rich again. There I did the MAGA shtick for you.
 
Peacenik said:
I got mine, the hell with you.
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You can certainly (and should) be paying for your own health care. As should anyone else.

Personal responsibility goes a long long way. Temporary assistance is available.

Make good choices.
 
Cope said:
You can certainly (and should) be paying for your own health care. As should anyone else.

Personal responsibility goes a long long way. Temporary assistance is available.

Make good choices.
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The social responsibility of a great nation goes a lot further than personal responsibility. A nation cannot be considered great when the least of it's population are falling through the cracks in that nation's collective compassion.

The best "good choice" one could make would be to be born into a rich white family in today's cold insensitive conservative USA.

It is not possible to work a low wage full time job and pay for rent, food, needed life expenses AND health care.

Health care is for the rich in America. Conservatives want the poor to work and then die if they get sick. After all. They are replaceable. Plenty more where they came from with no abortions allowed for the poor who cannot travel for an abortion like the rich can.
 
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Rogue Valley said:
www.newsweek.com

Texas removes 1.8 million people from health care plan

The unwinding process has resulted in significant drops in Medicaid enrollment across the U.S. in recent years.
www.newsweek.com www.newsweek.com



A drop in the proverbial bucket compared to the approaching tsunami of December 2026 when massive Medicaid cuts due to the Trump/GOP "Big Ugly Bill" take effect.

Economists say these Medicaid health insurance cuts may impact 17 million Americans nationwide. Texas and Florida are "right-to-work" states with low union representation and thus fewer labor contracts with mandatory healthcare.
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According to your article, this is just an unwinding of Medicare expansion that occurred during Covid. Covid is over
 
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