{"id":22429,"date":"2026-08-24T20:25:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T01:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/news\/24\/08\/2026\/en-el-valle-del-rio-grande-se-pone-en-marcha-una-nueva-iniciativa-a-nivel-estatal-para-reducir-el-numero-de-personas-sin-seguro-medico-en-texas\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T20:25:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T01:25:27","slug":"en-el-valle-del-rio-grande-se-pone-en-marcha-una-nueva-iniciativa-a-nivel-estatal-para-reducir-el-numero-de-personas-sin-seguro-medico-en-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/es\/news\/24\/08\/2026\/en-el-valle-del-rio-grande-se-pone-en-marcha-una-nueva-iniciativa-a-nivel-estatal-para-reducir-el-numero-de-personas-sin-seguro-medico-en-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"En el Valle del R\u00edo Grande se pone en marcha una nueva iniciativa a nivel estatal para reducir el n\u00famero de personas sin seguro m\u00e9dico en Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No faltan retos en el sector sanitario a lo largo de la frontera entre Texas y M\u00e9xico, seg\u00fan explicaron recientemente los responsables de la Asociaci\u00f3n M\u00e9dica de Texas, con sede en Austin, a sus miembros durante una conferencia del Border Health Caucus celebrada en Edinburg; sin embargo, existe un enfoque multifac\u00e9tico para abordar cada uno de ellos, desde la modificaci\u00f3n de la legislaci\u00f3n hasta las iniciativas de desarrollo de la mano de obra y las oportunidades de financiaci\u00f3n mediante subvenciones.\u00a0<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kmosbruckergarza\/video\/7677777892771679519\" data-video-id=\"7677777892771679519\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\"> <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@kmosbruckergarza\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kmosbruckergarza?refer=embed\">@kmosbruckergarza<\/a> <p>I spoke with Dr. Victor Gonzalez chair of the Border Health Caucus inside the Texas Medical Association an Austin-based physician group who lobbies to change laws, improve workforce and ensure funding for healthcare in Texas. <a title=\"riograndevalley\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/riograndevalley?refer=embed\">#riograndevalley<\/a> <a title=\"rgv\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/rgv?refer=embed\">#rgv<\/a> <a title=\"healthcare\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/healthcare?refer=embed\">#healthcare<\/a> <a title=\"southtexas\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/southtexas?refer=embed\">#SouthTexas<\/a> <a title=\"texas\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/texas?refer=embed\">#texas<\/a><\/p><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - kmosbruckergarza\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7677777889722452767?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; kmosbruckergarza<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00abLa lista [de prioridades] es larga, pero creo que es muy f\u00e1cil empezar por los ni\u00f1os\u00bb, declar\u00f3 el Dr. V\u00edctor Gonz\u00e1lez, oftalm\u00f3logo de McAllen y presidente del Border Health Caucus, al <em>Rio Grande Valley Business Journal<\/em> en una entrevista reciente.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Por ejemplo, Gonz\u00e1lez se\u00f1al\u00f3 que aproximadamente el 15 % de los ni\u00f1os de la frontera entre Texas y M\u00e9xico carecen de seguro m\u00e9dico, una cifra superior a la media de Texas, que es del 11 %, seg\u00fan las estimaciones del Censo de EE. 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