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A Re-opened Texas sees its largest 1 day jump in COVID-19 cases
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Sunday May 17, 2020 · 11:48 AM PDT
Texas reports largest single-day jump in coronavirus cases
BY REBECCA KLAR
Texas reported 1,801 new coronavirus cases Saturday, reportedly marking the state’s largest single-day jump in cases since the start of the coronavirus crisis.
The state department of health said 734 of the new cases are from Potter and Randall counties.
“These counties’ new cases are largely from targeted testing of employees at meat plants in the area. More test results from plants are expected,” the department tweeted.
Meat packing plant
Back in the 1970s I worked at a food production plant in a small town in eastern Washington, that now has had a COVID-19 outbreak and was shut down. So I’m very familiar with the close quarters working conditions in these plants.
This is a Double Whammy because so many residents of Texas have no access to healthcare.
Texas has the most people without health insurance in the nation — again
For the second year in a row, the number of Texans without health insurance increased, and fewer people enrolled in Medicaid.
BY STACY FERNÁNDEZ
The rate of Texans without health insurance rose for the second year in a row, making it once again the most uninsured state in the nation, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
In 2018, 17.7% of Texas residents — about 5 million people — had no health coverage, up from 17.3% in 2017. Both years, Texas had almost double the number of uninsured people compared with the national average of 8.7% in 2017 and 8.9% in 2018. It was one of only nine states to record an increase in the uninsured rate.
Texas is one of 14 states that have not expanded Medicaid, a joint state-federal program that provides health care to low-income individuals, since the 2010 passage of the Affordable Care Act — better known as Obamacare.
People without health insurance are less likely to seek care, so they are more likely to remain active in their communities, and spread their disease.
hno::>(A Re-opened Texas sees its largest 1 day jump in COVID-19 cases
Lefty Coaster
Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)
Sunday May 17, 2020 · 11:48 AM PDT
Texas reports largest single-day jump in coronavirus cases
BY REBECCA KLAR
Texas reported 1,801 new coronavirus cases Saturday, reportedly marking the state’s largest single-day jump in cases since the start of the coronavirus crisis.
The state department of health said 734 of the new cases are from Potter and Randall counties.
“These counties’ new cases are largely from targeted testing of employees at meat plants in the area. More test results from plants are expected,” the department tweeted.
Back in the 1970s I worked at a food production plant in a small town in eastern Washington, that now has had a COVID-19 outbreak and was shut down. So I’m very familiar with the close quarters working conditions in these plants.
This is a Double Whammy because so many residents of Texas have no access to healthcare.
Texas has the most people without health insurance in the nation — again
For the second year in a row, the number of Texans without health insurance increased, and fewer people enrolled in Medicaid.
BY STACY FERNÁNDEZ
The rate of Texans without health insurance rose for the second year in a row, making it once again the most uninsured state in the nation, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
In 2018, 17.7% of Texas residents — about 5 million people — had no health coverage, up from 17.3% in 2017. Both years, Texas had almost double the number of uninsured people compared with the national average of 8.7% in 2017 and 8.9% in 2018. It was one of only nine states to record an increase in the uninsured rate.
Texas is one of 14 states that have not expanded Medicaid, a joint state-federal program that provides health care to low-income individuals, since the 2010 passage of the Affordable Care Act — better known as Obamacare.
People without health insurance are less likely to seek care, so they are more likely to remain active in their communities, and spread their disease.
