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Hays County Healthcare District and Access to Healthcare for the Underprivileged

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Hays County Healthcare District and Access to Healthcare for the Underprivileged

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  1. Hays County Healthcare District and Access to Healthcare for the Underprivileged

  2. A man is flourishing, but he sees others who have to struggle with great hardships…and he thinks, “What does it matter to me? Let everyone be as happy as Heaven wills or as he can make himself; I won’t deprive him of anything… only I have no wish to contribute anything to his well-being or to his support in distress.”– Immanuel Kant

  3. A Global Crisis • Poverty causes 45% of disease burden in poorest countries • Includes diseases that have known treatments • Diarrhea • Measles • Tetanus

  4. A National Crisis • 46 Million Americans without Health Insurance • 10 Million Americans “Medically Disenfranchised”

  5. The United States is the single country out of thirty industrialized nations that does not guarantee health care as a right of citizenship

  6. How is that working out for us?

  7. 20% Increase in ER Visits in 10 years

  8. G8 Infant Mortality Rates Source: WHO

  9. G8 Life Expectancy for WomenSource: WHO

  10. G8 Gross National Income Per CapitaSource: WHO

  11. 24% of Texans are without Health Insurance, the highest percentage in the nation

  12. The Situation in Hays County

  13. Hays County Growth (2000 – 2010) 60% 83% 37% Source: Federal Census Bureau

  14. Hays County Income Disparity 60% 83% 37% Source: Federal Census Bureau

  15. Prior to the opening of SMCH, near 60% of Hays County residents traveled to Austin or San Antonio to receive complex care 60% 32 miles 83% 37% 50 miles

  16. Making A Difference

  17. Mission Healthcare That Works Healthcare That Is Safe Healthcare That Leaves No One Behind

  18. National Ministries

  19. University Medical Center Brackenridge Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas Seton Medical Center Austin Seton Edgar B. Davis Hospital Seton Highland Lakes Hospital Seton Northwest Hospital Seton Southwest Hospital Seton Shoal Creek Hospital Seton Medical Center Williamson Cedar Park Regional Medical Center Seton Medical Center Hays Central Texas Rehabilitation Hospital

  20. Seton Medical Center Hays

  21. SMCH IS – First Month Census % of Plan 180% 170% 210% 400%

  22. SMCH IS – First Month ER Visits 286% of forecast

  23. Mission "to provide comprehensive, affordable, quality health care while responding to the changing needs of the community and respecting the dignity, values and culture of the individual."

  24. FQHC – Federally Qualified Health Clinic. A clinic that is authorized to provide Medicare / Medicaid services. Services are partially funded by the federal government. • Family Medicine • Women’s Health • Pediatrics • Internal Medicine • Dental Health • Mental Health

  25. “Problems Require Funding” - Herb Dyer, Seton Medical Center Hays COO

  26. $419 Million

  27. Healthcare District - A local tax base created to direct a portion of tax revenue towards healthcare % of Tax Dollars spent on Charitable Health Care

  28. We must “treat humanity, whether in your own person or in that of any other, in every case as an end and never as merely a means.” - Immanuel Kant

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