Alvin Sun-Advertiser (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 62, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 2, 1994 Page: 3 of 26
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"The Congressional Budget
Office reports that in the past
quarter-century, Medicaid has grown
into a $119 billion-dollar-a-ycar
national health care safety net for
the poor and near-poor," Sharp said.
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have grown faster than those of
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"Children are, by far, the largest poor and spends less on those who
group of Medicaid recipients in are covered.
Texas," Sharp said. "In 1992, they Texas also had the lowest per
accounted for 54 percent, or 1.1 capita Medicaid expenditures of any
million, of Texas Medicaid of the seven largest states, $213 per
recipients. Half of Texas Medicaid Texan. To equal the largest states'
children are Hispanic and most arc average per capita Medicaid
younger than ten. expenditures, Texas would have to
According to the report, spend an additional $1 billion in
Medicaid: Where does it hurt?, state and federal funds.
Texas has more Medicaid-eligible The Texas-Mexico border region
children than 19 other states is home to a disproportionate share
combined. Approximately 40 ° of the stale's Medicaid-eligible
percent of all births in Texas arc population. Texas' 16 border
paid for through Medicaid. counties arc home for nine percent
Medicaid is a state-administered, of the state s population, but they
partially federally-funded program account for 17 percent of the states
that reimburses providers of health Medicaid enrollees.
care to certain low-income, mainly In particular, Hidalgo County has
.elderly and disabled people, a population that is 24 percent
Medicaid-eligible; Cameron County
has a 21 percent eligibility rate; and
Webb County has a 20 percent
eligibility rate.
more than 20 percent a year from
1989 to 1993.
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for 26 percent of Texas' overall
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served about two million Texans in budget than public safety,
1992 or more than ten percent of corrections and transportation put
the stale's 17 million residents, and together," Sharp said.
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1995. of revenue irf the Texas budget -
If current trends continue, exceeded only by the state sales tax.
Medicaid would cost Texas $21 Still, according to the report,
billion in the year 2001, $7 billion when compared with the other six
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Schwind, Jim & Kramer, Mark. Alvin Sun-Advertiser (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 62, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 2, 1994, newspaper, January 2, 1994; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1561672/m1/3/?q=wichita+falls: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alvin Community College.