TXEAHC Board President Charles Miller recently joined Sharon Jones, executive director of the Texas Business Leader Alliance, and Small Business for America’s Future for a lunchtime discussion about opportunities in this year’s Texas Legislature to lower health care expenses for businesses.
Find out what rising health care expenses mean for your business, and how you can make sure Texas lawmakers are taking action to get them under control.
HB 1959 & SB 926 Help Texans Find Quality Health Care Providers
Texans are shrewd customers, but to make informed choices about our health care, we need basic information about not just prices but also whether providers meet nationally recognized quality of care standards.
HB 251 Limits ‘Estimates’ to Give Texans More Transparency in Health Care Prices
You wouldn’t get your hair cut from someone who gave you an “estimate” and wouldn’t tell you the real price until they were finished. And you shouldn’t have to accept those terms from your health care provider, either.
Fully Fund the Texas All-Payor Claims Database
Fully funding the Texas All-Payer Claims Database can provide actionable data to employers, families and state agencies, allowing them to pursue strategies that will foster a healthier, more productive Texas.
Aspen Institute: Ensuring Access, Affordability, and Quality in the Age of Healthcare Consolidation: Lessons Learned and Insights for the Future
A new report published by the Aspen Institute and KFF looks at the forces driving provider consolidation, the framework in place to regulate anticompetitive practices, and opportunities to prevent the harms sometimes associated with consolidation.