Trying to find affordable health care can feel overwhelming, especially for people who aren’t sure what help is available or where to start.
In Travis County, Central Health is working to connect residents with the care they need, regardless of their financial situation or stage of life. Central Health Chief Communications Officer Ted Burton joined Trevor Scott to discuss more about their mission to help residents facing financial barriers to care.
Central Health Chief Communications Officer Ted Burton joined Trevor Scott to discuss more about their mission to help residents facing financial barriers to care.
“Central Health is the Travis County Hospital District,” said Burton, “We are the public entity, taxpayer-funded, that provides health care and health coverage for people in Travis County, folks without insurance or people with low income. They come to us and we connect them to care, and coverage, the care that everybody deserves and everybody needs.”
The effort aims to help people access services and support through the Central Health system, including options for those without health insurance or struggling to afford care.
“We provide primary care and a wide range of specialty care services. Access to hospital care, mental health, mental behavioral health care, all of the services, and dental care that somebody needs to stay and live healthier. We’ve been expanding. So over the last few years, we’ve opened new clinics east of I-35 where there’s been a real need. We launched about 30 more programs, specialty care programs, cardiology, gastroenterology, I mean, you name it.”
Central Health Chief Communications Officer Ted Burton joined Trevor Scott to discuss more about their mission to help residents facing financial barriers to care.
The goal is also to make sure residents understand the resources available to them and why knowing about those resources matters.
“We actually serve about 200,000 people a year. So 1 in 6 Travis County residents accesses care through Central Health. So the next time you go to HEB, look around. About 1 in 6 of the folks that you’re shopping with are probably getting health care through Central Health. That’s significant. That is a significant number of people who are being impacted here. Everybody deserves health care, right? We believe that it’s a human right. Nobody in our community should go without health care and health coverage. And so that’s what we’re here to do. We’re here to make sure that in Travis County, it doesn’t matter where you live, it doesn’t matter how much money you make. It doesn’t matter if you have insurance. You have a right to the best possible health care and health coverage. And that’s what we’re here to do. And we couldn’t do it without the support of property taxes. Taxpayers in Travis County, you support central health. And so we want to make sure that we are making sure that investment is being used in the best possible way to connect as many people as possible to health care and health coverage.”
Information on how to learn more or get connected with care is available through Central Health.
Central Health helps Travis County residents find affordable care at any income level