Many barriers to health care access reportedly worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, and temporary pandemic-era aid had significant effects.
COVID-19 worsened some health care barriers like difficulty getting an appointment, the rising cost of prescriptions and the fear of catching an illness at the doctor’s office, according to a new report.The city’s health department has released its Access to Health Care in Bexar County during COVID-19 report, a months-long survey published in September that shows how access to health care changed in San Antonio during the pandemic.
Although more pregnant women stayed enrolled in Medicaid during the pandemic due to continuous enrollment, early prenatal care — which affects if a woman will have a healthy pregnancy and early childhood outcomes — didn’t increase, Woo said. A major health care concern among Afghan refugees was dental problems, even more than the lack of health insurance in those populations, as well as the language barrier, a survey by the San Antonio Center for Refugee Services found.That change “may not seem like a lot, but the community immunity threshold to prevent measles outbreaks is estimated to be at 95%. This was in 2021, so we can hope that it’s better now,” Woo said.
More groups came together to bring health care into neighborhoods in San Antonio, including newly formed partnerships or organizations, for example, WellMed bringing COVID vaccines to the South Side, Woo said.
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