Abstract:Background
Texas has one of the highest rates of uninsured patients in the US and is one of the few states that has not expanded Medicaid (Fig 1). We sought to examine if there were differences by age, race, and ethnicity in the risk COVID-19 outcomes among those with Medicaid coverage vs. the uninsured population. Figure 1Medicaid Expansion States. Blue are the states which expanded Medicaid. Yellow are the states which did not. Texas is one of the largest non-Medicaid expansion states.
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