Texas Democrats feel emboldened under the Biden administration to advance Medicaid expansion legislation in the majority red state.

Texas is one of 12 states that have yet to expand access to health benefits under Medicaid, which mostly serves children, people with disabilities, and the very poor. President Joe Biden has granted those states greater financial incentives to widen eligibility for government coverage as part of Obamacare, and Democrats argue that such incentives would help spur the state economy hampered by pandemic-related business restrictions.