Health care is heading for the “perfect storm.” The confluence of skyrocketing health-care costs and a slowing economy threatens to destroy the quality and accessibility of health care for all Texans.
In healthcare, middlemen are running amok
Reduced competition, shortages, and unaffordable options in healthcare are symptoms of middlemen running amok. These middlemen are the healthcare administrators, who rarely touch the product or interface with patients, yet control significant healthcare dollars behind the scenes. Lawmakers must keep these middlemen in mind as they seek to address the inflation of drug prices. A proposal by...