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New: Texas will soon test all residents and staff for the coronavirus in state-run homes for people with disabilities.

Employees and family members of residents at these homes have been calling for increased testing for months. bit.ly/3bPgeEX
2/ The announcement of the testing expansion comes days after we reported that a @TexasHHSC spokesperson said these homes would not receive state support to test all residents, patients and employees. bit.ly/2ZppxsF
@TexasHHSC 3/3 Officials have not yet said whether state psychiatric hospitals would receive that same level of state support to test all patients and employees. bit.ly/3bPgeEX
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For some, forgoing masks in public during the pandemic has become a political statement. bit.ly/3gndoLd
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1/ Texas had the highest uninsured rate of any state before the coronavirus pandemic.

Now some Texans who have lost their jobs and their health insurance are slipping through the safety net. bit.ly/2LOfPbh A close-up photo of Stevie Smith looking into the camera wearing a black mask.
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+The state has declined to expand Medicaid coverage to people with incomes near or below the poverty line.

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