Texasobserver.org

  1. Home
  2. Texasobserver.org

Uninsured Country: Affordable Health Care Eludes Many Family …

WebTexas leads the nation in the number of farms and ranches, with 248,416, and has the highest rate of uninsured residents, at about 18%. The state has refused to …

Actived: 4 days ago

URL: https://www.texasobserver.org/affordable-health-care-eludes-family-farmers-ranchers/

A Decade of Texas Health Care By The Numbers

WebTexas Department of State Health Services. This year, about one-fifth of Texas’ 254 counties have just one doctor or none at all, according to data from the state …

Category:  Health Go Health

Millions of Texans Are About to Lose Their Health Insurance

WebAn estimated 2.7 million Texans are at risk of losing their Medicaid insurance after the public health emergency expires on March 31. by Sara Hutchinson. March 8, …

Category:  Health Go Health

American Health Care is Broken, Especially in Texas. What Can We …

WebAll are on the Texas-Mexico border, in one of the poorest parts of the state with one of the highest uninsured rates, where residents are often forced to forgo care or …

Category:  Health Go Health

The Rural Health Care Crisis, Mapped

WebNovember 20, 2019, 10:36 AM, CST. A version of this story ran in the November / December 2019 issue. Above: Statewide, the primary care physician shortage is …

Category:  Health Go Health

Critical Condition

WebCritical Condition. Rural health care is in crisis around the country, but Texas is suffering the most. At least 20 small-town hospitals have closed since 2013. More than …

Category:  Health Go Health

Texas Officials Tried to Cut Women’s Health Care During a Pandemic

WebAs the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the crucial need for health care services, you might think state officials would work to reduce barriers to access.

Category:  Health Go Health

Texas Is Facing a Critical Physician Shortage

WebNeither does a lot of rural Texas, which is facing a critical physician shortage. Two decades ago, 14 of the state’s 254 counties had no doctor. Today, that number has …

Category:  Health Go Health

An East Texas County Fights a Bitter Battle Over a Reborn Hospital

WebCurrently, the hospital district board provides $225,000 to the hospital each month; $100,000 is returned to the district for the hospital lease payment. That means a …

Category:  Health Go Health

Report: If Rural Texans Want Decent Health Care, They Should …

WebWith high rates of fatal heart disease and stroke, limited access to care and sky-high uninsured rates, Texas gets a “D-” in a new “report card” comparing rural …

Category:  Health Go Health

One Year Later, Cuts to Women's Health Have Hurt More Than …

WebOne Year Later, Cuts to Women’s Health Have Hurt More Than Just Planned Parenthood. More than 60 family planning clinics forced to close—only 12 …

Category:  Health Go Health

Without Planned Parenthood, Almost Half the Providers in Texas’ …

WebFor years, the Texas health agency has claimed that its Healthy Texas Women program is thriving. After Planned Parenthood was booted out in 2013, state …

Category:  Health Go Health

Texas Had a State Office That Could Have Investigated Racial

WebAbove: In 2017, lawmakers quietly defunded an office dedicated to studying and solving racial inequities across the state’s health agencies.

Category:  Health Go Health

Planned Parenthood Clinic Returns to Lubbock, Texas

WebI n mid-November, as Lubbock faced its worst COVID-19 surge yet, city hospitals ran out of beds, and public health officials pleaded with residents to avoid …

Category:  Health Go Health

In Harris County, Efforts to Treat Mental Illness In and Out of Jail

WebIn Harris County, New Efforts to Treat Mental Illness In and Out of Jail. by Jo DePrang. September 26, 2013, 2:57 PM, CDT. The elevator of the Harris County Jail has …

Category:  Health Go Health

TCEQ to Adopt Outdated Cancer Risk Standard Despite Concerns

WebTexas Wants to Adopt Outdated Cancer Risk Standard Despite Concerns. The state is proposing to approve a 17-year-old standard that leading scientists and …

Category:  Cancer Go Health

Austin Nurses Win Largest Hospital Union in Texas

WebSeptember 30, 2022, 9:33 AM, CDT. Kellen Gildersleeve, a labor and delivery nurse in Austin, has just helped birth one of the Texas labor movement’s biggest victories in …

Category:  Health Go Health

Native People Face New Obstacles to Abortion Care After Dobbs

WebAfter Dobbs, Native People Face a Web of Obstacles to Reproductive Care. In addition to external constraints, many tribal governments appear reluctant to actively …

Category:  Health Go Health

State Left Family-Planning Money Unspent While Clinics Closed

WebMay 14, 2013, 12:29 PM, CDT. It turns out that Texas’ funding for family planning wasn’t so tight after all. The Observer has learned that the state health department left unspent

Category:  Health Go Health

Top Categories

 › Appendicitis

 › Headaches

 › Gout

 › Women's Health

 › Thyroid

 › Sleep

 › Skin

 › Sexual Health

 › Senior Health

 › Pregnancy

 › Oral Health

 › Neurology

 › Migraine

 › Mental Health

 › Men's Health

 › Menopause

 › Medications

 › Lung Conditions

 › Infectious Disease

 › HIV/AIDS

Popular Searched

 › Mental health statutes texas

 › Virtual health care in the va

 › Pediatric environmental health examples

 › Texas health insurance checklist

 › Bsl health access deaf

 › Alliance health at marina bay

 › Premier health obgyn centers

 › Premier health maternity centers

 › Emblem health refund address

 › Health and safety plan nz

Recently Searched

 › Health benefit of yellow mustard

 › Vera whole health private equity

 › Bsl health access funding

 › Good nutrition health food store

 › Va healthcare priority group copay chart

 › County health department indianapolis indiana

 › Dekalb health department ga

 › Mental health first aid malaysia

 › Good bladder and bowel health

 › Super health care medical supply