Feds could freeze funding if Texas doesn’t speed up Medicaid, food stamp applications

U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, revealed this week in a lengthy press release that Texas could lose millions in federal funding by June 20 if the state fails to speed up its processing of Food Stamp and Medicaid applications. Last year, Texas kicked more than 2 million residents — or nearly 7% of the state’s population — off Medicaid due to system mismanagement at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC). Many Texans who still qualify for the program were forced to reapply, Doggett said in his statement.