House Appropriations Committee
The Case Against Medicaid Expansion
House Bill 4 (2023) proposes to regulate the collection, use, processing, and treatment of consumers’ personal data and equip Texans with digital rights that may be exercised.
After Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory over a top House Democrat in a New York City primary, the left was elated. “Ocasio-Cortez’s Socialism Can Work in the Midwest — with a Rebrand,” declared New York Magazine (a somewhat dubious authority on what can work in the Midwest). Its reasoning? Ocasio-Cortez’s “Medicare for All” plan polls well. “Both Medicare for All and single-payer...
Proponents of Medicaid expansion are predictable, though it’s not completely their fault. For more than a decade they’ve had to rely on a single talking point—one statistic—to make their case. Expanding eligibility for Medicaid would increase the number of Texans who have insurance. That’s it. That’s the whole argument. A million formerly uninsured Texans would...