Episcopal Health Foundation is dedicated improving #HealthNotJustHealthCare in Texas. #NMDOH #SDOH CEO: @DrAnnBarnes_EHF
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Rural Texans report greater shortages than urban residents across all non-medical resource measured in EHF’s latest poll.
77% of rural Texans say their community lacks adequate transportation, compared with 53% of urban Texans.
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NEW VIDEO: Learn how to use EHF’s interactive Texas Health Tracking Poll website to explore 8 years of data, compare findings, and create customized information sheets.
Watch: episcopalhealth.org/enews/ne…
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What is EHF doing in North Texas? At @TexasTribune's Fort Worth event, CEO @DrAnnBarnes_EHF shared how our grants, research, and policy work help remove barriers to good health.
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New EHF grant opportunities for 2027 are here.
Our new Cycle 1 Grant Guidance outlines what we’re looking to fund and how to apply. LOIs open Nov. 9.
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New EHF poll data shows important connections between food & #diabetes in Texas. Nearly half of households include someone with diabetes or prediabetes & 57% of those households can’t afford balanced meals.
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@Health4Texas new interactive Texas Health Tracking Poll website brings together eight years of statewide polling data conducted by SSRS.
Results can be viewed across different populations, regions, income levels, health insurance coverage, and other factors to help better understand who faces barriers and how those challenges overlap.
Explore the findings from the 2025 survey and trends since 2018: texaspoll.episcopalhealth.or…
New EHF poll: 6 in 10 Texas adults skipped or postponed health care because of cost.
See how cost, food insecurity, chronic conditions, and other barriers are connected: texaspoll.episcopalhealth.or…
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Half a century ago, the U.S. did not spend way more than other countries on health care. The gap has widened over time, and we don't necessarily get better health for it.
The U.S. spends more on health care than other wealthy countries.
See how this gap has widened over time as well as how spending growth has changed in recent years: on.kff.org/3OZbqGF
ALT Line chart shows the U.S. and comparable country average health consumption expenditures as a percent of GDP, 1970-2024. Over the past five decades, the gap in health spending has widened between the U.S. and comparable OECD countries.
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DEADLINE: TPA is conducting a statewide assessment in collaboration with @Health4Texas to document how community #pharmacies are addressing non-medical drivers of health (NMDH). Your feedback is crucial to help support our existing rural health transformation efforts. It will also help inform elected officials during the next legislative session about not only the value of #pharmacy, but also the resources needed to serve our patients. Please take a few minutes to complete this short survey. To the hundreds of you who have already done so, thank you! surveymonkey.com/r/R3ZD99F
New funding opportunity for maternal health in Texas:
@TexasHHSC has opened a $5M grant program for community-based maternal health work focused on reducing severe complications & improving pregnancy outcomes.
Applications are due Feb 5.
Learn more: resources.hhs.texas.gov/rfa/…
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Time is running out! TPA is conducting a statewide assessment in collaboration with @Health4Texas to document how community #pharmacies are addressing non-medical drivers of health (NMDH). Your feedback is crucial to help support our existing rural health transformation efforts. It will also help inform elected officials during the next legislative session about not only the value of #pharmacy, but also the resources needed to serve our patients. Please take a few minutes to complete this short survey. To the hundreds of you who have already done so, thank you! surveymonkey.com/r/R3ZD99F
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The federal government has announced that 22.8 million people have signed up for ACA marketplace coverage for this year, down 1.5 million from last year with enhanced tax credits expiring. The coverage loss will likely grow as people don’t actually make their premium payments.
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TPA, in collaboration with @Health4Texas, is conducting a statewide assessment to document how #pharmacies are addressing non-medical drivers of health including food, housing, transportation, and more. Your input is essential! Take the survey today! surveymonkey.com/r/R3ZD99F
NEW REPORT: Without enhanced subsidies, a focus group of Texans with current #ACA health insurance say they'll have to choose between coverage & basics like rent & food for 2026.
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SNAP does more than fight hunger. Research from @PennLDI shows it improves health, lowers hospitalizations & reduces costs. Food policy is health policy & programs like #SNAP help Texans stay well.
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Since 2021, #ACA health insurance enrollment in Texas grew from 1.2M to nearly 4M because enhanced subsidies made coverage affordable.
What happens if those subsidies end?
@DrAnnBarnes_EHF tells @HoustonPubMedia that we're already seeing the impacts:
What's at stake if #ACA health insurance subsidies expire? Affordability.
...and that means many families across the state will lose coverage.
@DrAnnBarnes_EHF explains why in an important briefing with @childrenatrisk:
EHF helped launch the North Texas Maternal Health Acclerator to improve birth outcomes & support healthy mothers.
See why EHF is the lead philanthropic investor & how it was made possible in part by @MacKenzieScott.
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Older Texans among those facing the largest price hikes for Affordable Care Act insurance texastribune.org/2025/11/12/…
