Terry Jordan, 56, is one of a million Texans affected by the state’s decision not to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. (Carrie Feibel/KUHF)
More than 700,000 Texans have signed up for a health plan through the online insurance marketplace. For that group, the Affordable Care Act appears to be working.
But an even larger number of Texans — one million or more — still have no access to affordable coverage because Texas officials opted out of a federal plan to expand Medicaid for the poorest adults.
From the Here & Now Contributors Network, Carrie Feibel of KUHF explains.
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- Carrie Feibel, health and science reporter for KUHF in Houston. She tweets @carriefeibel.
