After the failure of the GOP’s plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, there’s a new political landscape, and states across the country with Republican-led legislatures are weighing their options when it comes to Medicaid expansion. Conservative states – most recently Kansas — see an opening to extend health care to more low-income adults. But it’s unclear whether Texas – a state that has more uninsured people than any other state in the country – is willing to hop on the bandwagon. Though, even under the Affordable Care Act, some Texans still haven’t been able to get insurance. Amber Keith, who lives in Texarkana, is one of those Texans. Keith’s family earns a little over $47,000 a year, and they can’t afford private health insurance. She qualifies for a subsidy to help pay for her premiums, if she buys a plan through the federal marketplace, but she says the coverage isn’t enough. Keith has a large family with seven people and she just can’t make that work. While they would qualify
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