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In common with eight of the list's 10 worst performers, Texas is among the U.S. states that have so far declined to accept the Medicaid expansion.

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An estimated 2.7 million Texans are at risk of losing their Medicaid insurance after the public health emergency expires on March 31.

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Texas had until Sept. 1 to release its first major update on maternal mortality in nine years but now says it won't issue the data until after the November election.

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More than a quarter of women of childbearing age are uninsured in Texas, the highest rate in the nation, and the state has chosen to cap Medicaid benefits for new moms earlier than other states.

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