Compared to Americans nationwide, fewer Texans can afford to buy health insurance–58% of Texans who lack insurance say it's because they can't pay for the coverage. (Photo: iStock)
More than half of adult Texans opted out of health care services during the first year of the pandemic. According to a HealthCareInsider survey, these were the most commonly skipped services from February 2020 through February 2021:
|- Dental, 29%
- Vision, 24%
- Preventive health, 19%
- Emergency room, 11%
Thirty-nine percent said they opted out because of the cost, which is 7% higher than the national response.
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