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With a relatively low number of vaccinations per capita in Texas, there will be more new COVID-19 cases, warned health economics fellow Vivian Ho. "There is the health consequence, and there’s the economic consequence."  Ho holds the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics.

The CDC ranks Texas 48th out of the 50 states when it comes to vaccines distributed per 100 people — a disturbing low, said health economics fellow Vivian Ho. "There needs to be good decision-making ... at the state level to determine who gets how much vaccine."

Health economics fellow Vivian Ho joined a coalition of health policy experts throughout Texas to encourage state legislators to expand Medicaid in the next legislative session.

Congratulations to Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics, on her election to the National Academy of Medicine — one of the highest honors in health and medicine.

“Saying that insulin is as cheap as water is a complete disconnect from reality,” said health policy fellow Vivian Ho of Trump's claim that the cost of insulin is now so low, it is practically free. “For the overwhelming majority of the millions of Americans with diabetes who depend on insulin, the prices are outrageous,” she added. “People have been dying because they can’t afford insulin.”