Texas has the largest uninsured population in USA - Impending : County Commissioners of Dallas and El Paso to adopt resolutions urging state legislators to accept the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion and $100 billion in federal dollars over 10 years

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Officials in Bexar, Harris and Hidalgo counties ( in Texas ) are considering similar resolutions this week.

The Dallas Area interfaith coalition that includes the Texas Catholic Conference , the Texas Hospital Association and the Texas Medical Association are pushing for Medicaid Expansion in Texas,

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If Texas expanded Medicaid coverage to impoverished adults in 2014 under the Affordable Care Act, the state could receive an additional $100 billion in federal dollars over 10 years, helping to offset that spending by local governments. The state would pay $15 billion during that time, which opponents of the expansion, including state Republican leaders, argue is too much.

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The Texas Tribune
Dallas County to Urge Lawmakers to Expand Medicaid
by Becca Aaronson
February 12, 2013

Dallas County to Urge Lawmakers to Expand Medicaid


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