✚ Texas has the highest number of uninsured in the country—and has the most to gain from universal single-payer healthcare
✚ 4.5 million or almost 17% of the total population lack insurance of any kind
✚ 630,000 children lack health care coverage. That’s double the national average
✚ The number of uninsured numbers dropped five percent with the half-measures of ACA. It is highly likely to rise again to the 20-22%
mark again with gutting pre-existing conditions
✚ Only half of Texas employers offer healthcare (below the national average)
✚ Most of the uninsured fall into the following in Texas
✚ Families below 200 percent of the poverty line, Latinx/Hispanics, young adults 19-34, people with part-time jobs, and individuals within current fair or poor health. Universal single-payer coverage directly challenges this disparity.
When enacted, the Healthy Texas Act will guarantee that every resident of Texas will receive comprehensive healthcare services. It’s like Medicare for All. Individuals will have free choice of licensed health professionals and services. Covered benefits will include services to keep people healthy—mentally and physically— as well as those services that diagnose and treat diseases. In addition to emergency services, surgeries, and hospital stays, services such as home healthcare, day care and hospice are covered. Vision and dental care are also included. The Healthy Texas Act has been crafted to provide a single high standard of safe, therapeutic care for all Texas residents in a manner that is financially sustainable:
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Thank you for working to make a difference in the lives of uninsured Texans across our state and Texans who can not currently afford health insurance coverage under the current syste. Our voices together will make the difference!
TX Legislative Representative
As a constituent, I urge you to support Healthy Texas. It will work to guarantee that every resident of our community receives comprehensive healthcare services. It’s basically Medicare for All Texans.
The Healthy Texas Act will cover every healthcare need. It will cover physical and mental healthcare needs, emergency services, vision and dental, pre/postnatal, hospice, long-term care, and much more. It will also end price gauging practices with prescription drugs corporations and in hospitals. It combines many of the preexisting federal, state, and regional healthcare funds into a single-payer system. The remaining funds will come from a healthcare tax on the 1%. Healthy Texas puts people first.
I ask that you publicly support Healthy Texas. Let’s invest in the long-term health of our community.
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