HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on Wednesday visited Houston to shed light on a recent rise in Affordable Care Act insurance coverage in the Black and Latino population, and to encourage Texans to find a health plan when open enrollment starts Nov. 1.
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, fourth from right, walks with U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee, sixth from right, U.S. Rep. Al Green, seventh from right, and others before a press conference about the “Cancer Moonshot” program Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, at the Duncan Family Institute for Cancer Prevention and Risk Assessment, part of the MD Anderson Cancer Center system, in Houston.
In 2020, census data shows about 17 percent of the Texas population did not have health insurance, more than double the national rate. Harris County was even worse, with 20 percent of the population going without health insurance that year. Texas is one of 12 states that have declined to expand Medicaid eligibility, to include families whose household income is at or below 138 percent of the poverty level, or roughly $38,000 per year for a family of four.
Becerra, a former lawyer, last year became the first Latino to oversee the federal health agency and has pushed his goals of expanding health access and equity. The federal report released Tuesday attributed the growth of marketplace coverage partly to a boost in federal funding for outreach and education. The Biden administration also has said the American Rescue Plan Act helped bring ACA premiums to an all-time low and enrollment to an all-time high.
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