If you’ve struggled to find care close to home due to a hospital or clinic closure, been denied medical care, delayed going to the doctor because of cost or lost health care coverage – you’ve got an important story to tell.

No story is too small to share, if you’ve been impacted by health inequities, your experience can help shape the changes that need to be made to ensure everyone, everywhere has equal and fair access to care.

Across the country, lawmakers, other industry watchers and advocates have become increasingly concerned about the gap between the tax breaks and tax revenue community hospitals receive and the amount of charity care they’re providing. But the patient voice and consideration of impact to health inequalities has been excluded from the public conversation.

Health disparities are Growing

in Texas

1.2 million Texans have been kicked off of Medicaid since May and in Bexar County, the zip code with one of the highest uninsured rates just lost the main Emergency Room. There are countless more examples from across the state.