Since the Texas Legislature passed a series of reforms to the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in 2003, a strong contingent of legislators, advocacy organizations, and special interests has lobbied to reverse these essential reforms.
Bankrupt by Free Health Insurance
As the federal government is seeking to expand the Obama Affordable Care Act by extending subsidies and giving more people coverage, bankruptcies linked to medical debt have not fallen. Instead, they have risen. Most Americans filing for bankruptcy over medical bills have medical insurance. The Affordable Care Act failed to cure medical bankruptcies. A 2019...