TEXAS HEALTH POLL - A new healthcare poll finds over half of Texans say it is “difficult for their family to afford healthcare.” The survey was conducted by the Episcopal Health Foundation based in Houston which looked at the access and affordability of healthcare in the Lone Star State. The survey took into account big cities as well. The Foundation’s CEO Elena Marks told the Texas Standard that people living in major metro areas like Houston are also facing healthcare cost issues.
I would say that Houston area is about the same as the rest of the state," Marks explained. "In some ways we are worse off, and that is because we have higher rates of poverty and uninsurance than other parts of the state."
Texas was one of several mostly politically conservative states that refused to expand the Medicaid Healthcare Program under the Obama Administration, One finding of the survey shows that 60% of Texans say they have skipped or postponed health care needs because of cost.
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Episcopal Health Foundation Affordability and Access to Healthcare