Policy Brief: How Much Does Texas Spend on Behavioral Health Care?

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Kate E. Murphy

Legislators need to know how much Texas is spending on behavioral health before they can make meaningful and cost-effective changes to services or performance measures.

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Vaccine Debate Flap Shows Americans Hungry for Civil Discourse

Lost in Joe Rogan’s challenge to Baylor College of Medicine professor Dr. Peter Hotez to debate the COVID-19 vaccine debacle with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a striking truth about America today: We’re desperate for discourse. The left no longer even tries to defend its positions; it now relies on shutting down debate, silencing those who disagree...

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