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As Health Care Decision Looms, Even Insurance Issues Are Bigger in Texas

Patients wait in line to get checked in at Houston's Ben Taub General Hospital. Photo by Aaron M. Sprecher/AP Images for Kaiser Health News. HOUSTON | Last year, Luis Duran drove almost 200 miles to San Antonio to have...
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Texas And Arizona Prepare For Reform's Effects On Illegal Immigrants And Patients At Community Health Centers

Health : Medical News Today (3 years ago)

The Houston Chronicle: "Illegal immigrants likely would become the largest patient pool of the Harris County Hospital District as a result of health care reform unless the taxpayer-funded institution can attract more insured patient... Read Post

State Reverifies Trauma Center Designations for Ben Taub and LBJ Hospitals

Health : Newswise Medical News (11 months ago)

The Texas Department of State Health Services has reverified the Level I trauma center designation for the Ginni and Richard Mithoff Trauma Center at Ben Taub General Hospital, and the Level III trauma center designation for the eme... Read Post

Decisions to Forgo Life Support May Depend Heavily on the ICU Where Patients are Treated

Health : Newswise Medical News (6 hours ago)

The decision to limit life support in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) appears to be significantly influenced by physician practices and/or the culture of the hospital, suggests new findings from researchers at the Perelman... Read Post


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