Healthcare
Healthcare Committee Chairperson is Carlton Allen.
VISION
Everyone has access to quality affordable healthcare.
#1 NEED
Dental care.
GOAL 1
Improve quality and quantity of information about existing dental care programs for clients and agencies.
OBJECTIVES
Identify gaps:
The ETHNN Comprehensive Community Needs Assessment identified the following:
2014 Report - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute 2014 County Health Rankings and Crosswalk of Measures
RESOURCES
VISION
Everyone has access to quality affordable healthcare.
#1 NEED
Dental care.
GOAL 1
Improve quality and quantity of information about existing dental care programs for clients and agencies.
OBJECTIVES
Identify gaps:
The ETHNN Comprehensive Community Needs Assessment identified the following:
- 44% have no healthcare coverage
- Top need under Economic Wellbeing is Health Insurance
- Top Need under Healthcare is Dental Care
- Top Need under Mental Healthcare is Treatment for Depression
2014 Report - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute 2014 County Health Rankings and Crosswalk of Measures
RESOURCES
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THE BENEFITS OF COVERING MORE TEXANS
How many uninsured Texans would gain health care coverage if Texas accepts federal health care funds to expand Medicaid or adopts a Texas alternative that expands health care coverage?Economic benefits to Texas counties if Texas accepts federal health care funds to expand Medicaid or adopts a Texas alternative that expands health care coverage: Link to data |
