When extra funding for Medicaid was made available to Texas through the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), the state of Texas declined to accept the funds. Which statement expresses the argument made as to why Texas decided not to accept the federal funds?
a. Federal funding would eventually end and the state would later have to bear the costs
b. Money from Texans' federal taxes would go to other states that accepted the increased Medicaid funding, instead of coming back to Texas.
c. Texas hospitals would still have to pay to provide emergency care for the poor, but without any federal help to cover the costs.
d. More than a million Texans not currently covered by Medicaid or other health insurance would gain insurance coverage.
e. all of these
a
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