Crockett and Texas Democrats Urge Pause on Medicaid Redeterminations, Call for Corrective Action to Texas System

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) joined Rep. Lloyd Doggett (TX-37), Rep. Greg Casar (TX-35) and the entire Texas Democratic delegation to urge the Biden Administration to quickly intervene and pause Texas' Medicaid redetermination process until the Administration can take corrective action to ensure the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) comes into full compliance with federal Medicaid requirements.

This comes in response to a recent whistleblower report from HHSC staff detailing several concerns and violations occurring in the Medicaid redetermination process, including the erroneous termination of Medicaid coverage for nearly 100,000 Texans. A third round of redetermination notices is scheduled to be sent September 9th to children, seniors, and individuals with disabilities receiving Medicaid. In order to protect these vulnerable beneficiaries from an unnecessary and catastrophic loss of coverage, the Members urged federal intervention and a pause to correct Texas’s faulty redeterminations system.

The letter, and full list of signatories, is available here.

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett represents portions of Dallas and Tarrant Counties, with the cities of Dallas, Grand Prairie, DeSoto, Cedar Hill, Lancaster, Duncanville, Glenn Heights, Hutchins, Wilmer, Arlington, Ovilla, and Seagoville.