And what was the plan to force Mexicans to buy it? Of course I’m assuming all the illegals in Texas are free to buy medical insurance for themselves. So why don’t they?
It wasn't a formal plan, it was a study.
Nothing came of it because it was found there were too many barriers.
Of course I’m assuming all the illegals in Texas are free to buy medical insurance for themselves. So why don’t they? Other Freepers have suspected one reason Texas has so many uninsured is the illegals. Even if somehow illegal aliens could buy medical insurance for themselves here, they won't. Private plans has ungodly expensive. $500/mo premium for a single person is not abnormal. No illegal could pay it.
Why would they want to? Illegals cannot be denied health care by the states. CA tried in 1994 with Prop 187. It was declared an unconstitutional infringement on federal power.