Information asymmetry relating to price between providers and patients is an unfortunate feature of healthcare in the United States and Texas. Pricing information asymmetry, wherein patients have insufficient information about healthcare prices, may lead to patient confusion, dissatisfaction with service, or even the avoidance of care due to fears of unknown costs. Notably, 62% of Texans reported forgoing healthcare due to anxieties about cost.
Democrats’ Shutdown Surrender A Gift To Trump And Congressional Republicans
The longest government shutdown in American history, 40 days of furloughed feds and finger-pointing, whimpered to an end Sunday night. Eight Senate Democrats, weary of their own party’s lack of a credible path to victory, crossed the aisle to hand Republicans a clean win, invoking cloture on a House funding bill by the slimmest of...