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    The document outlines the history and organization of the Medicaid program in Texas. It discusses how Congress established Medicaid in 1965 to provide medical care for low-income individuals. Texas began participating in Medicaid in 1967. Over time, both federal and state changes have affected Medicaid in Texas, such as Congress expanding eligibility in the late 1980s and early 1990s to include more groups, fueling significant growth in the Texas Medicaid population.

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    The document outlines the history and organization of the Medicaid program in Texas. It discusses how Congress established Medicaid in 1965 to provide medical care for low-income individuals. Texas began participating in Medicaid in 1967. Over time, both federal and state changes have affected Medicaid in Texas, such as Congress expanding eligibility in the late 1980s and early 1990s to include more groups, fueling significant growth in the Texas Medicaid population.

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    The document outlines the history and organization of the Medicaid program in Texas. It discusses how Congress established Medicaid in 1965 to provide medical care for low-income individuals. Texas began participating in Medicaid in 1967. Over time, both federal and state changes have affected Medicaid in Texas, such as Congress expanding eligibility in the late 1980s and early 1990s to include more groups, fueling significant growth in the Texas Medicaid population.

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    Chapter 2: Medicaid History and Organization

    Texas Medicaid operates within a framework established by federal law, but the State of Texas

    manages key elements of the program. Over time, both federal and state changes have affected

    Medicaid in Texas. This chapter outlines the history and organization of the Medicaid program

    in Texas.

    History and Background

    Congress established the Medicaid program under Title XIX of the Social Security Act of

    1965 to pay medical bills for low-income persons who have no other way to pay for care. Texas

    began participating in the Medicaid program in September 1967.

    During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Congress expanded Medicaid eligibility to include

    a greater number of people with disabilities, children, pregnant women, and older persons. These

    changes helped fuel the growth of the Medicaid program, and the Texas Medicaid population

    tripled in just a decade, adding more than one million people between 1990 and 1995 alone.

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