(Left to right) Cinthia Hernandez, 19, carries her two day old son Dominick Palma as Nabor Miranda and Inocencia Aguilar wait for the nurse to bring in their twin boys into the a semi-private room at Ben Taub General Hospital on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009 in Houston, TX. The Harris County Hospital District is turning four-bed maternity wards into semi-private rooms and giving expectant mothers tours of the obstetrical suites in an effort to win back business from women whose deliveries will be covered by Medicaid. The hospital district has experienced a significant decrease in Medicaid revenue this year, and officials said the flight of pregnant women to private hospitals is partly to blame. The number of babies born at Ben Taub General Hospital and Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital has fallen from 11,300 in the 2007 fiscal year to an expected 9,500 in the fiscal year that ends next month.
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