STATE LEGISLATURE

Medicaid expansion for uninsured Texans had bipartisan support, but lawmakers won't pass it this session

Nothing is truly dead until the session ends. But committee chairs in both chambers have blocked bills from getting hearings, and supporters have dim hopes that Republican leaders will revive it in time.

By Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune
Posted 5/11/21

An effort to expand government health care for working poor Texans is likely dead for this legislative session, supporters say — mired in conservative opposition and faced with a …

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