Texas Trends 2022: Health Care
Abstract
This report is part of a five-year survey project by the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston and the Barbara Jordan – Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University. The survey includes a representative sample of Texas with an over sample of of the state’s Black, Latino, and Asian residents, which were the three groups of interest for the study. The second survey of this five-year project focused on the 2022 general election in Texas, gun safety, the economy and inflation, criminal justice and immigration, and health care. The survey was fielded between August 11 and August 29, 2022 in English and Spanish. A total of 2,140 respondents 18 years of age and older took the survey, resulting in a confidence interval of ±2.1% at the 95% confidence level. The respondents were matched to a sampling frame on gender, age, race/ethnicity, and education and are representative of the Texas adult population. This report analyzes health insurance coverage, access to healthcare providers, and respondent’s opinions and attitudes on policies related to Medicaid and prescription drug prices.