Medicaid Funding
2.3m
# of Texas children that receive health insurance
from Medicaid
1 in 8
Number of total Texans receiving Medicaid in 2008
1.4m
Projected number of new Texans on Medicaid rolls by 2019 (Kaiser Health Report)
200,000
# of children who lost health insurance after
the Legislature cut access to the Children’s Health Insurance Program during 2003 budget crisis
55%
Percentage of births in Texas paid for by Medicaid