Texas law also requires non-profit hospitals to provide indigent care equal to 5 percent of hospital revenue. The system of free care in Texas discourages people from enrolling in publicly funded health insurance, Goodman added, citing official estimates that 1.6 million Texans may be eligible for Medicaid, but not enrolled. Medicaid enrollees do not get more, faster or better care. That's why the benefits of enrolling in Medicaid are not worth the bureaucratic hassles for many families. Compounding the problem, Texas also has greater numbers of people who are harder to insure-young adults, single people and immigrants.
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