PolitiFact: Texas is most uninsured state in America
Valdez was quoted in a New York Times news story as saying: "One in six Texans don't have health care. We're the most uninsured state in the
It's an exaggeration, we'd suggest, to say that all uninsured individuals don't have any health care. As we concluded in a 2010 fact-check, many avenues exist to make care available -- including paying out of pocket and going to hospital emergency rooms. Still, many people don't get the care they need.
A slightly different 1-in-6 statement appears on Valdez's campaign website: "1 in 6 Texans lack health insurance. The truth is, we're already paying for universal healthcare, we are just doing it in the most expensive and inefficient (way) possible."
Valdez, calling Republican Gov.
So, how does
Valdez's campaign didn't respond to our email asking for her backup data. But a
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Lee guided us next to a Kaiser chart showing that
We spotted a more recent nongovernmental estimate. In
Our ruling:
Valdez said: "One in six Texans don't have health care. We're the most uninsured state in the
One in six Texans in 2016 lacked health insurance, according to government surveys, and the state remained No. 1 for its share of residents without coverage. It's an exaggeration to say that all uninsured people have no health care.
We rate this claim Mostly True.
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