Backward Texas has the highest uninsured rate in the country, About 4.8 million or 19% of Texas children and adults [View all]

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/25/texas-hospitals-undocumented-immigrants-cost/

Experts cast doubt on state’s report that undocumented immigrants cost Texas hospitals $122M in a month

Policy experts say undocumented immigrants' cost to hospitals is a small fraction of the total cost from uninsured Texans.

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Friday’s report did not say how the costs from undocumented patients, who typically don’t have health insurance, compare to that of uninsured U.S. citizens who used the Texas hospital system during the month of November. The report also does not clarify whether any of the costs have or will be recouped by hospitals at a later time.

Lynn Cowles, health and food justice programs manager at left-leaning think tank Every Texan, said $121.8 million is a drop in the bucket compared to the incurred costs from all uninsured Texas citizens.

Texas has the highest uninsured rate in the country, according to recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. About 4.8 million or 19% of Texas children and adults under the age of 65 lacked health insurance in 2023.

The state has 1.7 million undocumented immigrants.