Health Insurance

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The pandemic has overwhelmed understaffed state Medicaid agencies, and as Biden's COVID-19 public health emergency declaration ends, low-income people could find it even harder to get coverage.

Saturday is the deadline to buy coverage that would start Feb. 1. Texas has the highest number of uninsured people in the U.S.

The No Surprises Act says patients can't get hit with pricey, unexpected medical bills. Some experts say the regulation could also slow the growth of health insurance premiums.

Untreated medical conditions, lack of access to testing and limited paid time off leave uninsured Texans particularly vulnerable to the disease.

Texans have more and cheaper health insurance plans to choose from on Healthcare.gov.

If passed, the Build Back Better bill would extend health plans to people living in Texas and the other 11 states that didn't expand Medicaid.

Texas es uno de los 12 estados que se han resistido a expandir Medicaid a más personas de bajos ingresos. Aquí, alrededor del 41% de padres latinos y casi el 18% de niños latinos no tienen seguro médico, según el informe.

Researchers say coverage disparities are growing faster and getting wider in states that have not expanded Medicaid.

The 7-2 decision threw out the challenge to the law, saying Texas and other objecting GOP-dominated states were not required to pay anything under the mandate provision and thus lacked standing.