06-05-2017 01:51 via kxan.com

Texans with disabilities worry about repeal and replace Medicaid cuts

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Disability advocates worry the Congressional plan to repeal and replace Obamacare will strangle health care for Texans with disabilities.
Medicaid dollars from the federal government make up about one-fifth of the entire budget for the state of Texas.
That’s about $20 billion a year to take care of four categories of Texans pregnant women, poor children, poor elderly and people with disabilities. The American Health Care Act caps Medicaid payments at a “per
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