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On a crash course : Texas hospitals brace for another COVID-19 surge as delta variant burns through unvaccinated communities
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The Doctor is Out: Texas Community Worries About Future Without Local Healthcare
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Communities like Newton and Orange Counties have vaccination rates under 20 percent. Author: Almiya White (KBMT), KBMT (12NewsNow) Published: 10:14 PM CDT April 27, 2021 Updated: 10:14 PM CDT April 27, 2021
ORANGE, Texas Southeast Texas healthcare workers face an uphill battle as they try to convince more people to get vaccinated.
The reasons vary from people who think they don t need the shot, if they already had COVID-19, to others who don t have a ride to vaccine clinics.
32 percent of Texans are fully vaccinated, but Southeast Texas is falling behind. Only 19 percent of adults in Orange County are vaccinated. The numbers are especially concerning for medical providers and hospitals who serve our rural areas.
Rep Garnet Coleman (D) Houston
Thursday was Budget Day at the Texas Legislature with a marathon session on the house floor where nearly 240 amendments to the budget are voted on. At one point state Rep. Garnet Coleman, a Houston Democrat stepped up to the microphone and pitched his amendment that would expand state and federal health care coverage for uninsured Texans.
“Tragically Texas has the unfortunate distinction of having both the highest number in the highest percentage of uninsured residents in the nation,” said Coleman.
It was a way to basically expand Medicaid with options for Texas Republican leadership to tailor it to their needs and make it more politically acceptable to their base.
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