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.
The Sky Isn’t Falling: Dispelling Medicaid Disenrollment Hysteria
Once again, Texas’ Medicaid disenrollment is in the headlines and the mainstream media is turning to its usual scare tactics to paint Texas as the bad guy. As far back as September, The Texas Tribune ran a headline that 900,000 Texans have lost Medicaid, and painted a grim picture of children, new mothers, and disabled adults...