June 26, 2015 5:25 PM

Stakeholders await a move beyond the anti-Obamacare rhetoric in Texas

Lawmakers have met more than once to discuss the expansion of health insurance coverage. So, why isn’t the state, in the wake of two U.S. Supreme Court rulings on Obamacare, closer to its own solution?

As Republicans on Capitol Hill and elsewhere pledge to continue to fight to repeal the Affordable Care Act, doctors here in Texas are asking when state leaders intend to tackle the idea of the Texas solution to affordable health care.

The Texas Public Policy Foundation unveiled a Texas solution to the state’s Medicaid program, known as TexHealth, as early as 2011. Lawmakers have met more than once to discuss the expansion of health insurance coverage in what was known as the Texas solution.

So why isn’t the state, in the wake of two U.S. Supreme Court rulings on Obamacare, closer to its own solution?

That’s the question the Texas Medical Association is still asking. Cardiologist Tomas Garcia, the president of TMA, said doctors stand ready to support a solution – any solution – to address medical care in Texas.

By Kimberly Reeves