House Speaker Nancy Pelosi discusses medical costs with Dallas leaders at health care roundtable
Federal funding for COVID-19 testing and treatment is running out, potentially leaving North Texas vulnerable to future virus outbreaks, Dallas health care leaders warned Monday during a discussion with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Pelosi joined Dallas Democratic congressman Colin Allred, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins and Dallas County Health and Human Services Director Dr. Philip Huang in a health care roundtable to discuss the cost of medical care and the financial burden shouldered by community health organizations because of Texas’ high rate of uninsured residents.
Parkland Health spends $1.8 million per month treating uninsured patients for COVID-19, Huang said. As life in North Texas inches back toward a pre-pandemic normal, dwindling funds to test and treat COVID-19 could spell trouble for preventing and handling future virus surges.
“I think we need more money already because testing and things will stop that are helping us get over this,” Pelosi said. “That doesn’t mean that we stop [testing], that means we see how much of it we need.”
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