Health Care Inequity in

HARRIS COUNTY

The Quick Numbers:

Harris County Hospital District

& Indigent Care

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100%

“Full responsibility for furnishing medical

and hospital care for indigent residing

in the district."

(Tex. Health & Safety Code § 281.002)


 

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$836M

2021 property taxes

collected by Harris County hospital district. 

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86%

of the taxes collected by the Harris County Hospital District went to charity care costs in 2021.