Half a million more Texans are uninsured today than were in March. That’s because pandemic-era coverage benefits ended in April. reportsbychar reports many Texans may not realize they're uninsured.
PUBLISHED 6:57 PM CDT Jul. 24, 2023AUSTIN, Texas – Half a million more Texans are uninsured today than were in March. That’s because pandemic-era coverage benefits, which said people couldn’t get kicked off Medicaid during the health emergency,
Almost 405,00 were removed for procedural reasons such as "failure to respond," meaning many remain eligible for coverage “We are just really emphasizing those procedural disenrollments, because we think that everyone should be determined 'ineligible' if they're going to lose coverage, and not just be kicked off because there's a lot of barriers to actually securing that coverage, especially because we know that lost in that number are very likely very, very many children,” said Adrienne Lloyd, a health policy manager with Children's Defense Fund–Texas.
Another group of Texans could lose coverage by September, unless the state steps in to delay the process.
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