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Baker Institute: More Texans Insured Thanks To The ACA

November 23, 2023 Affordable Care Act / Blog / Breaking News

November 23, 2023 Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy reports that more Texans have health insurance coverage now thanks to the Affordable Care Act. According to the Institute's November 14 issue brief, entitled Looking at the Numbers: 10 Years of Data on the Affordable Care Act Reveal Benefits for Texans:"When the ACA was enacted in 2010, Texas had the highest uninsured rate (23.7%) in the country — 5.6 million people. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission estimated that full implementation of the ACA could cut the uninsured rate in half, with 36% or 2 million people gaining subsidized…

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