Reps. Julie Johnson and Jessica Gonzalez via Zoom earlier this week. State Rep. Julie Johnson and state Sen. Nathan Johnson filed bills (HB 3871 and SB 117) that would create the new Live Well Texas Program.
If passed, it would increase access to healthcare for Texans living below the poverty level and provide hospitals and Medicaid providers with relief for uncompensated care.
The bill would provide health insurance coverage to about 1.5 million low-income adults or about a third of the state’s uninsured non-elderly population.
The program would terminate if the federal government takes away the 90-10 percent match or if the costs exceed the benefits.