Every autumn since 2014, low-income Texans have turned to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act Marketplace to get health coverage. Nov. 1 the cycle begins again, but it won’t be business as usual.
Austin’s junior congressman, Greg Casar, struck an ominous tone last month: “You may not know it, but your health care costs are about to go way up.”
On Oct. 11, Austin’s outgoing congressman, Lloyd Doggett, posted: “Austinites are about to be hit with enormous health insurance premium spikes. Why? Because Republicans let the government shut down instead of negotiating with Democrats to save ACA health care tax credits.”…