Rep. Colin Allred (D-Dallas), who wants to make health care a top issue in this year’s Texas Senate race, gathered with local medical experts in San Antonio on Monday.
At a roundtable at the Northeast Bexar County Democratic Party’s office, San Antonio leaders weighed in on the growing burden of hospital closures, like the one recently closed on the South Side, and the growing number of residents receiving Medicaid during the pandemic. The focus was on how to deal with the increase in the insured population. removed from roll.
Mr. Allred said that in his district, When Baylor Scott & White Medical Center closed several years ago, He was able to have the facility donated to the Department of Veterans Affairs. To prevent communities from completely losing hospital beds.
