Nearly 1 in every 5 residents in Texas don't have insurance — the highest uninsured rate in the U.S., according to a new Census Bureau survey. (keranews)
The census data, released this week, showed that 18% of Texans were uninsured in 2021. It was a very different story in Massachusetts, where 2 1/2% of the residents were uninsured.
Census Bureau officials say a number of factors influence whether a person has health insurance or not. But a key factor could be whether the state a person lives in expanded its Medicaid eligibility to lower-income families.with the highest uninsured rates did not expand its Medicaid eligibility. Texas leads that category followed by Oklahoma, Georgia, Wyoming and Florida.
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