As a physician, board certified in pediatrics and adolescent medicine, my work focuses on providing primary care for all teenagers and young adults. It is my teenage transgender patients who are at the highest risk for suicide.
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Texans Don’t Want to Repeal Obamacare without a Replacement
As we wrote in a recent note to our patients, Legacy is aware of the understandable confusion and anxiety around the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. What all Houstonians should know is that health insurance plans have not yet changed, and those who have insurance will continue to receive the benefits of their individual plan.
More than 272,000 Texans could lose access to mental health and substance abuse treatment if one of the lesser known guarantees of the Affordable Care Act goes away with the law’s repeal and is not replaced. This article originally appeared in the Houston Chronicle on February 15, 2017 In Texas alone, 65,559 people with the most …
Jennifer Feldmann left her academic teaching career behind to come work for high-risk populations that didn’t have access to health care.
Legacy continuará proporcionando el cuidado de la salud a todos los que lo necesitan, independientemente de su capacidad de pago.
Legacy will continue to provide health care to all who need it, regardless of their ability to pay.
A good read on the benefits – and future of the Affordable Care Act — from the Houston Chronicle This article originally appeared in the Houston Chronicle on January 24, 2017 “Beverly Bryant believes the ACA [Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare] saved her life. The 64-year-old worked for two decades for the plant company …
He believes the stigma around seeking treatment for mental health conditions is declining, albeit slowly.
“My hope is more providers get into the business of influencing social determinants of health like Legacy is.”
“The staff made me feel warm right off the bat.”