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Issue Position: Expanding Access to Healthcare

Issue Position

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

Texas leads the nation with nearly a quarter of its population lacking sufficient health insurance coverage. While the Republican-dominated Texas Legislature refuses to expand healthcare coverage for purely political reasons, despite available funding,Representative Martinez Fischer has fought to expand coverage and create jobs for Texans.

Rep Martinez Fischer believes it is time for leaders to put people over politics and expand health insurance coverage to over 1 million hard-working Texans. That is why he filed HB 116, which would have expanded Medicaid eligibility for Texans and brought $90 billion back to our state to create jobs and alleviate tax burdens on taxpayers and local governments.

Additionally, Rep Martinez Fischer has filed HB2114 which would enshrine into Texas law protections for individuals with preexisting conditions, no matter what happens to the Affordable Care Act. See more about the bill by clicking here.


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