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Issue Position: Health Care

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2020
Issues: Health Insurance Health and Health Care

Texas has the highest number and percentage of children without insurance in the country. In El Paso 1 in 3 are uninsured. Expanding Medicaid is crucial to cover more low-income uninsured adults so that taxpayers don't get stuck footing the bill for uncompensated care at publicly funded hospitals like the University Medical Center of El Paso.

Texas tiene el mayor número y porcentaje de niños sin seguro en el país. En El Paso, 1 de cada 3 no tiene seguro. La expansión de Medicaid es crucial para cubrir a más adultos de bajos recursos sin seguro para que los contribuyentes no tengan que pagar los costos en hospitales públicos como el University Medical Center of El Paso.


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