Picture it: Texas, 2023. We have the worst uninsured rate in the nation. Five million Texans don’t have access to affordable healthcare. Rural hospitals are closing. We need a system where everyone can get the care they need when they need it, and Medicaid expansion is the first step Texas leaders can take toward that future. It has broad bipartisan support and would bring billions of federal dollars back to Texas. Most importantly, it would bring relief to Texas families. Yet, Texas leaders refuse to give Medicaid expansion a hearing this session.

How the heck did we get here? Anne Dunkelberg, our senior fellow on health care access, and Karla Martinez, our health care policy analyst, join Marisa to break it down. If you agree that every Texan – no matter race, income, gender, or zip code – deserves equitable access to health care, go to sickofitTX.org and join the fight to bring Medicaid expansion to Texas and give 1.4 million uninsured and underinsured Texans health care.