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Along with the introduction of private insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid during the 1980s, [7] by the time 1994 arrived, 94% of the revenue came from patient care. [6] However, in 1996, approximately 43 million people (one-fifth of the U.S. population under age 65) had no medical insurance and an additional 29 million were underinsured.
[6] [10] By the late 1930s, the rapid metropolitan growth of the Houston area rendered the building inadequate to support the healthcare needs of indigent population. [7] On January 1, 1938, the city's primary municipal medical services relocated to the area now known as the Texas Medical Center in what was to become Ben Taub General Hospital.
According to data reported by The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation in 2017, 45% of non-elderly adults do not have medical insurance because of cost. [2] Those who are "medically indigent earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but too little to purchase either health insurance or health care."
From 1968 through the 1970s, the Black Panther Party established several Peoples’ Free Medical Clinics as part of their efforts to counter systemic discrimination against Black people in hospitals and private medical practices. [15] [16] The Peoples' Free Medical Clinics served as an advocating body as well. These clinics helped integrate the ...
There are more than 80 hospitals in Harris County and more than 125 in the Greater Houston area. [1] Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center; Ben Taub Hospital; Clear Lake Regional Medical Center; Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center; HCA Houston Healthcare; Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital; Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital; Houston Methodist ...
Houston Healthcare is currently limiting incoming ambulance traffic at both Houston Medical Center in Warner Robins and Perry Hospital. Unit closed, ICU beds full: here’s why Houston County ...
Araujo-Preza was a handsome man, and King wanted him to look his best at his funeral. I was born for this' As the critical care medical director at HCA Tomball, a 350-bed hospital north of Houston ...
Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Level 1 trauma center affiliated with McGovern Medical School (formerly UTHealth Medical School) Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital; Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston, affiliated with BCM; Rebecca Sealy Hospital, part of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. [1] [2]