This story is part of “The Holdouts,” a collaborative project led by Public Health Watch that focuses on the 10 states that have not expanded Medicaid.
The dueling election signs beckoning voters to choose their next hospital district board have popped up in yards, on street corners, and in the windows of businesses across the small East Texas town of Crockett.
“Keep Our Hospital Open,” reads a large sign with four hospital board candidates’ names emblazoned in red in front of the Moosehead Café on the Houston County courthouse square. Next door, a smaller blue sign imploring people to “Keep a Strong Hospital” lists four other names—the opposing slate.
