Texas Medicaid Waits Are Getting Longer

From Early-Q1 to Mid-Q3, Texas Medicaid applications awaiting action went from ~1.6K to >210K, while SNAP backlog moved from ~3.7K to >150K.
By Mid-Q3, Texas Medicaid processing time reached ~70 days from ~50, and applications handled within the 45-day federal standard fell to ~60%.
Texas SNAP wait times stretched from ~20 days in Early-Q1 to >30 in Mid-Q3, as new federal mandates added case reviews, training, and tech work.
Because Texas uses one application for Medicaid and SNAP, changes in either program can strain the same worker pool and a manual-heavy system.
Advocates said Texas may need faster relief through community partnerships or in-person enrollment events, because major technology upgrades were expected to take years.