Hospitals face ER access claims amid 100 billion preventable costs
Hughes, former San Jacinto nurse, cites a granddaughter's ER wait and argues for access to urgent care. Families USA says 100 billion yearly in preventable emergency care burdening insured and uninsured, lifting premiums by about 9 percent. Baytown Mayor DonCarlos notes public hospitals must treat all, urges uninsured to use Baytown Health Center at 1602 Garth Road.
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Hughes
San Jacinto Hospital
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Families USA
United States
Houston Business Journal
Texas
Baytown
Stephen DonCarlos
Harris County
HCHD
DonCarlos
Don Carlos
San Jacinto Methodist
Baytown Health Center
Garth Road
Island names and a hurricane ruin Cedar Bayou history
Wanda Orton recounts the 19th century struggles of Alexander Island as it passed through names from Perkins to Busch Island, its owners Adams and Alexander, and the 1875 hurricane that devastated Indianola and nearby Baytown while the island offered no safe harbor. The narrative ties early maps by Alexander Thompson to local lore and notes the priest turned landowner's later life.
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Adams
Ennis
Houston
Alexander
Alexander Island
Alexander Thompson
Alexanders
Morgan
Lynchburg
Indianola
Baytown
Black Duck Bay
Perkins
Badger
Busch Island
Cedar Bayou
Rivera linked to biofuel fraud and fake press releases
Rivera faced charges after a July arrest on grand theft over 20000 tied to tanks bought from Consort Concrete and a Florida project that never occurred. The SEC accuses Rivera and Alice Price of a pump and dump scheme for USSE stock, inflating prices and profits of about 721 thousand from 2.6 million shares.
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Gray
Gass
Consort Concrete
Baytown Green Energy
Rivera
Harris County
Baytown
West Palm Beach
Fla
Juan Mejia
Florida
John Rivera
Mejia
Chambers County
Alice Price
SEC
USSE
Price
USSB
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Wanda Orton
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Baytown Sun
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Mama Mia
Step Brothers
Sisterhood OF the Traveling Pants
Eancy Biro
Mon Tours
Maringes
Sunoa
Pccmovies
Gulfbay
Catherines
Riceland Pavilion
Peter Nene
Jimmy
North Main
Jimmyspaintandbody.com
Sterling~White Funeral Home & Cemetery
Sterling ~ White
Funeral Home & Cemetery
Crosby-Lynchburg RD
Highlands
Sterlingwhite.com
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