As November began the third annual open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act – ‘Obamacare’ – also launched. Yet because Texas still has not embraced expanding Medicaid, one of the central pieces of the national legislation, many in Texas who are most in need will be left out. Community nonprofits and public health officials though are renewing efforts to recruit new enrollees and advocates will continue to push the state to reconsider the policy while politicians continue to show massive resistance in Austin.
(Audio: Houston Public Media)
