Considering Texas’ growing need for lower cost alternatives in health care, policymakers should look for every opportunity to give Texans a diversified provider field that offers a variety of health care options at a range of prices. Easing regulations on nurse practitioners would give consumers more choices and more affordable options.
Public Health Coverage Won’t Save Us—Address the Physician Shortage
For the last four months the news cycle has been buzzing about increases in healthcare.gov enrollment, Medicaid disenrollment eclipsing 20 million Americans, and a renewed click bait “fight” for Medicaid expansion. What do all of these articles have in common? They all end up corralling reform discussions to narrow legislative proposals which fail to address...