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Finally, a health care model that drives down costs. Don’t break it.

WEBEveryone knows the costs of the American health care system are epically high. But health centers keep costs down, saving the system $24 billion per year by …

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The ACA protects medically fragile children like my son

WEBThe ACA protects medically fragile children like my son. By Elizabeth Baker , Sept. 13, 2018. I am the mother of a precious eight-year-old boy named Grayson who …

Category:  Medical Go Health

Texas must address rural hospital closures

WEBTexas leads the nation in hospital closures, with 15 since 2013 and they have all been rural. Part of the reason is geography. Texas is huge and still has more …

Category:  Health Go Health

To address mental health, reduce Texas’ uninsured rate

WEBProviding much needed health care for hundreds of thousands of Texans would be a game changer at a time when many policy proposals are measured by the …

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Telemedicine can improve access to quality, affordable care in Texas

WEBTelemedicine is an invaluable modern tool that improves access, convenience, efficiency and quality of care in Texas. Yet Texas has some of the strictest …

Category:  Medicine Go Health

For our state hospitals, we need to go all the way

WEBThe fifth, Kerrville State Hospital, provides forensic mental health services statewide. There is truly not a single area of our state that is not touched in some way by …

Category:  Health Go Health

New med students embody Rio Grande Valley's progress

WEBRecently, 55 promising young medical students donned their white coats for the very first time as the inaugural class at the School of Medicine at University of Texas …

Category:  Medical,  Medicine Go Health

Tom Kowalski, President and CEO, Texas Healthcare and

WEBThe new driving force of the Texas economy. By Tom Kowalski, President and CEO, Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute, April 16, 2019 . Texas is an …

Category:  Health Go Health

Texas knows how to solve health care problems

WEBIn 2003, Texas health care was in full-blown crisis. There were not enough physicians, particularly in high risk, hospital-based specialties, such as obstetrics, …

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Horizontal integration of health care

WEBAs someone who has been in the health care system for far too long, I can tell you we are not in a great place. Beyond the physical pain I have experienced, I have …

Category:  Health Go Health

Expand access to care through Texas’ freestanding

WEBYou may not know it, but your access to life-saving care is declining day by day. In their National Report Card, the American College of Emergency Physicians' …

Category:  Health Go Health

Abortion is healthcare

WEBAnd when that happens, abortion is an essential part of health care. Abortion allows women to plan and space their pregnancies, which improves their physical, …

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Texas has a serious mental health problem

WEBThere are a lot of upsetting numbers laid out in the new report on mental health from the Texas Judicial Council, chaired by Texas Supreme Court Justice …

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U.S. healthcare is too big to fail. Here’s where to go next.

WEBThe Texas Tribune's opinion site. Republicans won control of Congress and the White House based largely on a single promise: they’d rid the world of Obamacare, …

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Texas needs a new approach to poverty

WEBWith 25 percent of Texas children living in poverty, our state needs to embrace an entirely new approach to child well-being because what we've been doing …

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Texas must fix its mental health hospital system

WEBTexas must fix its mental health hospital system. By David Lakey , Aug. 28, 2015. Texas’ mental health hospital system was designed and built a century ago and is …

Category:  Health Go Health

Mental health awareness in our rural communities

WEBMore than 80% of Texas’ 254 counties are designated as Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas, with a majority being rural counties. Despite lacking the …

Category:  Health Go Health

Ongoing medical conditions need ongoing insurance coverage

WEBThere is growing concern that many Texas health insurance policyholders do not receive the care their insurance providers promised them. Two bills, now before the …

Category:  Health Go Health

It’s time for a “moonshot” to fix rural healthcare in Texas

WEBThe research and innovative care delivery strategies that emanate from this collaboration could potentially be a moonshot for rural healthcare — not only in Texas, …

Category:  Health Go Health

Faith E. Foreman

WEBFaith E. Foreman, Dr.PH., MPH, LVN is Assistant Director for the Houston Health Department. Faith is a seasoned public health practitioner and academician. An …

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Why I'm for Hillary Clinton

WEBThe Texas Tribune's opinion site. Since his inauguration in 2009, our country has made great progress under President Obama’s leadership: fighting for civil rights, …

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