in other countries. In the past, those surges abroad have always occurred before new cases rise again here in the United States, including Texas, which has more uninsured residents than any other state.in time to continue reimbursing providers means that hospitals, clinics, private practices and others that don’t get public health funding from the state will have to “eat the cost” if they don’t charge for COVID-related services, Scoggin said.
In Texas, providers have received some $1.8 billion for the treatment of uninsured COVID-19 patients, according to theTexas has the nation’s lowest rate of insurance coverage and is one of 11 states that have chosen not to expand Medicaid coverage to include more adults living in poverty.
An attempt by the White House to add billions more to the program has become a casualty of political arguments in Washington over the use of tax dollars to respond to the pandemic. “Whichever way providers respond, the result will likely be reduced access for uninsured patients in most states due to more limited provider access and/or potential out-of-pocket costs,” Kaiser health researchers said in a recentThe halting of the program hints that U.S.
Right now, there hasn’t been a patient hospitalized at Titus Regional with COVID in a week, Scoggin said.
Vote Abbott out now or continue to live with the consequences. He does not care about Texans anymore than DeSantis cares about Floridians. VoteThemAllOut2022 We all have a choice to make. voteBlue no matter what. Our democracy depends on it.
'Texas has nation’s lowest rate of insurance coverage and is one of 11 states that have chosen not to expand Medicaid coverage to include more adults living in poverty. The percentage of Texans covered by that government insurance program is just over half the national average.'
Texas takes pride in being cruel to poor people.
Just me opinion - I don’t think the hospitals are picking up the tabs; likely they’ll increase the service charges towards the insured patients.
How many of the uninsured counted are non-citizens?
Texas hospitals prepare to pick up the tab for uninsured COVID-19 ...
Imagine that
Really? This doesn't sound much like Texas, where our social safety net is small, stretched and badly frayed on purpose.
They should have plenty of money. They billed my insurance company $4,900 dollars for a covid nose swab. I didn't even go in the building. I was directed to the alley to wait in line. It felt more like a sketchy drug deal than healthcare.