To: The Texas State House, The Texas State Senate, and Governor Greg Abbott
Expand Medicaid under the ACA in Texas
A petition urging Texas legislators to extend Medicaid benefits to impoverished adults under the Affordable Care Act.
Why is this important?
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 on emergency care. In addition, I have had many family and friends who have suffered from untreated chronic health problems because they worked low paying jobs with no affordable group health insurance available, and the ACA expansion would expand availability of health care to low income adults with almost 100% Federal Dollars. We pay our taxes to Washington, lets bring them back home to help our family and neighbors.