April 10, 2023

S1E19: Every Texan Talks State Healthcare Exchanges

19 minutes

Texas has used the federally-administered HealthCare.Gov insurance marketplace for the last 10 years. A few bills have been filed in the 2023 Texas Legislative Session that would replace HealthCare.Gov and create a state-based Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace.

Successfully running a marketplace takes an ongoing commitment to both coverage as a value and making public programs work. HealthCare.Gov has record enrollment, with 2.4 million Texans accessing quality, affordable insurance through the marketplace, and it has achieved the highest enrollment growth rate among states for three years running. Which leads us to the question – if it ain't broke, why fix it?

Guests: Luis Figueroa, Every Texan's Chief of Legislative Affairs, and Every Texan Senior Policy Analyst Stacey Pogue

Host: Marisa Bono, Every Texan CEO

Resources:

Check out Stacey's recent white paper: ‘Should Texas’ Health Insurance Marketplace be state-run or federally-run?’ is not the right question and ACA Health Insurance fact sheet on the thriving Texas health insurance marketplace.

For even more information on this issue and what you can do, visit Cover Texas Now.

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