Datapoint: Texas Judge Halts Major Medicaid Changes
A Texas judge has issued a temporary injunction halting a $116 billion Medicaid proposal that would have required 1.8 million low-income Texans to switch their health plan, the Dallas Morning News reported Oct. 4. The decision comes after concerns were raised about the fairness of the state’s procurement process, which excluded several nonprofit health plans, including Cook Children’s Health Plan, Texas Children’s Health Plan, and Driscoll Health Plan, which have served the program for more than a decade. The ruling aims to prevent significant disruption and confusion among Medicaid beneficiaries, particularly children enrolled in CHIP. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Molina Healthcare, CVS Health Corp.’s Aetna and UnitedHealthcare were awarded the new contracts. Texas’ managed Medicaid plans currently serve 3,891,152 people.
Source: AIS’s Directory of Health Plans
