The good news is that no rural hospitals in Texas have closed in the last two years. The bad news? They’re still in crisis mode, and the state government is still struggling to find a remedy
Unconventional Wisdom - March 28, 2022Rural Texas can be a very dangerous place to be badly injured or really sick.in rural Texas closed, according to the Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals, known as TORCH.The Texas institutions were folding at a faster rate than their counterparts in other parts of the country — where rural health care is also regularly described as a crisis situation.
He still describes the overall situation as a crisis, but said federal stimulus payments and helpful tweaks to Medicaid reimbursement and other budget help from the Texas Legislature got them through the two years of pandemic.Two years is good after years of closures. But those federal payments were tied to COVID-19 and will run out.
Money is a problem. Medicaid rates in Texas are low, and the state has the most uninsured people of any state, both in percentage and raw numbers.expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act
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