Rep. Joaquin Castro, other Texas Democrats demand feds investigate state's Medicaid backlog

U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro speaks at a press conference earlier this year.

Credit: Sanford Nowlin San Antonio U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro and 10 other U.S. House Democrats from Texas want the federal government to investigate why more than 200,000 residents are still waiting for the state to process their Medicaid applications.

In letters sent Tuesday to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Texas Health and Human Services Commissioner Stephanie Muth, the lawmakers called for a federal investigation into the backlog, including a review of the contractors the state uses to process applications.