Health care advocates are calling for help after a federal program has allegedly run out of funds to cover COVID treatments and testing for uninsured Texans.
HOUSTON, Texas -- The NAACP Houston charter is sounding the alarm on the loss of COVID-19 federal funding, which can impact millions of Texans who do not have health coverage.
"We are going to be relying now on our Houston Health Department, that's done a yeoman's job," Gathe said."That's our safety net. The net can only hold so much. They'll be able to help with vaccines and testing, but they don't have access to treatments. They don't have access to hospitalizations and things like this, so it's imperative that we get this funding.
"To sound the alarm, to get the word out that we need to get these funds reinstated so that we can continue the care that we are giving to people with COVID," said Gathe.
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