Gina Hinojosa says that on day one as governor, she’ll work to expand Medicaid in Texas. That isn’t her ceiling. Back in 2019 she pledged to bring legislation giving every Texas resident comprehensive health coverage through the state. Her answer to rising healthcare costs is the same one politicians have given for decades: put more people on government programs and let government manage more of the system. That approach is a big part of how we got here. Washington and Austin have spent years piling on mandates, regulations, and paperwork, and prices kept rising. Medicaid expansion isn’t free money either. The “federal funds” Democrats like to talk about are tax dollars Texans already paid, routed through Washington and returned with strings attached. Once a state signs up, the program grows, the strings get tighter, and the bill lands on taxpayers. Texans don’t need a bigger state program deciding what care they can get. They need more choices and real competition: transparent prices, room for doctors and nurse practitioners to practice, and the freedom to buy coverage that fits their families instead of what a bureaucrat approved. Hinojosa wants the government more involved in your healthcare. We want you in charge of it.