HEALTH & WEALTH COUNTY CHECKUP
An interactive tool measuring health and wealth benefits of covering more Texans *
This interactive tool displays the most recent estimates from respected Texas and national experts.
How many uninsured Texans would gain health care coverage if Texas accepts federal health care funds to expand Medicaid or adopts a Texas alternative that expands health care coverage?
| Sources | Smith County | -- | -- | -- | Texas Total | |
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Total uninsured who could gain coverage if Texas expanded Medicaid, rough estimate:
(Uninsured US citizens ages 18-64 with incomes between 0-138% of the federal poverty level ) |
US Census ACS and SAHIE, KFF
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11,633 | -- | -- | -- | 1,481,000 |
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Number of Texans in the "Coverage Gap" – out of the total uninsured (above), the number whose income is below 100% of the federal poverty level , making them ineligible for low-cost health insurance.
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Census/KFF low-to-high range
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6,017 to 6,782 |
-- to -- |
-- to -- |
-- to -- |
766,000 to 863,353 |
Sources: US Census; Kaiser Family Foundation; Urban Institute
Economic benefits to Texas counties if Texas accepts federal health care funds to expand Medicaid or adopts a Texas alternative that expands health care coverage:
| Sources | Smith County | -- | -- | -- | Texas Total | |
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Local taxpayer-funded health care for the uninsured-expanded health coverage would shrink this
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Hamilton
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$83,519,903 | -- | -- | -- |
$4,380,711,550 |
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New federal health care money this county could receive each year (average):
(2 different estimates) |
Hamilton
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$46,392,325 | -- | -- | -- |
$5,740,638,097 |
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HHSC
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$48,718,236 | -- | -- | -- |
$6,024,992,478 |
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New local tax revenues this county could gain, yearly average:
|
Hamilton
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$4,251,299 | -- | -- | -- |
$525,348,088 |
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New jobs created, yearly average:
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Perryman
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5,188 | -- | -- | -- |
303,140 |
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Growth in income for county residents, yearly average:
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Perryman
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$280,801,459 | -- | -- | -- |
$16,889,612,753 |
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Growth in retail sales in the county, yearly average:
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Perryman
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$130,154,120 | -- | -- | -- |
$7,214,722,735 |
Sources: Texas Health and Human Services Commission;
Billy Hamilton Consulting/Texas Impact/Methodist Healthcare Ministries; The Perryman Group
* These benefits and the number of Texans gaining health coverage are not expected to change depending on whether Texas accepts federal health care funds to expand Medicaid, or adopts a Texas-specific alternative method for expanding health care.
C O M P I L E D B Y
Center for Public Policy Priorities
Center for Public Policy Priorities
