The Texas Medicaid program is on an unsustainable trajectory. Steadily rising healthcare costs and growing enrollment mean that Medicaid is consuming an ever-growing share of the state budget. If no reforms are put in place to control spending growth, the Medicaid program will eventually crowd out other state spending priorities.
Transformational Healthcare Reform
Transformational Healthcare Reform Key Points As hospitals and insurance systems have consolidated, patients have faced rising costs and narrower choices, while physicians have lost independence, and control has shifted to a handful of large corporate systems. Price transparency alone is not enough: patients and employers need clear disclosure of actual prices, fees, commissions, conflicts of...