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A patient is removed from an ambulance and dropped off at DHR Health hospital in McAllen on July 1, 2020. --Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune

With costs up, healthcare a defining issue in South Texas’ battleground House races

In the state’s most competitive districts, Democrats are building their case around lapsed insurance subsidies and Republican-backed Medicaid cuts.One of the most expensive ads in a South Texas congressional race this cycle opens with a simple pitch: “When it comes to your healthcare, Bobby Pulido believes you should be in charge — not politicians.”Pulido, a Tejano musician and Democratic candidate for Congress, is putting healthcare at the forefront of his campaign to defeat U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz this fall, blasting the Edinburg Republican over her vote for the GOP’s 2025 megabill that cut billions in Medicaid spending. De ...

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