In a continuation of the long-term effort, Democratic Senator Nathan Johnson is again advocating for expanding Texas Medicaid during this year’s legislative session. We caught up with the Senators at the North Texas Conference last fall.Given the continued growing public support for expansion, Johnson introduced three different bills to do so this year. . contains one To implement a “Live Well Texas” program that uses federal exemptions to raise funds and extend coverage to low-income adults.
The Republican-led Congress continues to oppose these measures, but Prime Minister Johnson is continuing his efforts.
“Other issues that need to be considered are small but very important ones, such as maternal Medicaid benefits, system efficiency, health information exchange, whether we can have state-based exchanges, and so on. Improve efficiency and reduce overall costs [and] If you can keep costs down, you’ll get more support from across the ideological spectrum. “
