The Episcopal Health Foundation created a statewide survey regarding the impacts of COVID-19 through random phone interviews in both English and Spanish between the months of August and September.
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Fifty percent of Texans said the pandemic caused them and their household financial hardship. Of those, 62% are Hispanic, 74% don't have health insurance and 61% are households which earn less than $50,000 per year.
It's not just the financial toll. Texans also said they are skipping out on medical care due to the pandemic.
More than one-third of Texans said they or someone in their household skipped or postponed some type of medical care due to the pandemic.
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Of those who went without care, researchers found 91% said they skipped preventive care like checkups, mammograms, colonoscopies, and child immunizations.
The survey also found that most Texans are afraid of another wave of COVID-19.
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