To determine which national uninsured rate the percentage of uninsured people in Texas exceeds, follow these steps:
1. Identify the percentage of uninsured people in Texas, which is 17.3%.
2. List the given national uninsured rates for other states:
- 12.7%
- 15.5%
- 11.3%
- 10.3%
3. Compare the Texas uninsured rate (17.3%) with each of the national rates.
4. Find the highest national rate that is still less than 17.3%.
- Comparing 17.3% with 12.7%: 17.3% > 12.7%
- Comparing 17.3% with 15.5%: 17.3% > 15.5%
- Comparing 17.3% with 11.3%: 17.3% > 11.3%
- Comparing 17.3% with 10.3%: 17.3% > 10.3%
Among these national rates, the highest value that is still less than 17.3% is 15.5%.
Thus, the percentage of uninsured people in Texas (17.3%) exceeds the national uninsured rate of 15.5% for other states that also did not expand Medicaid.
