Surprise, Surprise: Texas Ranks Poorly When It Comes To Healthcare
By Vince Leibowitz on Apr 2, 2008 in Texas Public Policy & Taxation ![[Post to Twitter]](/wp-content/plugins/tweet-this/icons/tt-twitter.png){kind=icon}
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The 2007 National Healthcare Quality Report of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research has been released, and–surprise, surprise–Texas ranks very poorly.
Texas ranks 16th among the states in terms of the number of residents with breast cancer, and 20th when it comes to colorectal cancer.
We ranked 29th in terms of prenatal care, and 36th when it comes to having all Texas children fully vaccinated.
And, something we shouldn’t be proud of at all, we ranked 4th in the nation in terms of the number of nursing home/long-term care residents with pressure (bed) sores. That’s awful.
With (according to the report), more than 20 percent of Texans uninsured, some of these rankings are unsurprising. Given our pollution rate in areas like Houston, the cancer rates are probably not surprising to some either.
There is no excuse for being 36th in the nation in terms of child vaccinations. And, we all know who to blame: the Perry/Craddick Republicans in Austin who, starting in 2003, crafted a huge permanent wall keeping kids from health insurance.
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