Texas faces long-standing challenges to optimal health, including the nation’s highest uninsured rates, and steep financial and systemic barriers for those who have insurance. Our organizations work to improve public policies, expand equity, protect civil liberties and civil rights, and to make affordable, comprehensive health care a reality for every Texan. In furtherance of that goal, we recommend that a portion of the Department of Public Safety (DPS) border security funding be redirected towards COVID 19 pandemic relief efforts along the border region.
