Mary Katherine Stout, the Foundation’s Vice President of Policy and Director of the Foundation’s Center for Health Care Policy, will be a guest on “Pratt on Texas” (KFYO 790 AM – Lubbock) at 5:35 p.m. this Friday. She will discuss the current congressional debate over children’s health insurance and Texas’ experience with the program.
Health Care
Transformational Healthcare Reform
Transformational Healthcare Reform Key Points As hospitals and insurance systems have consolidated, patients have faced rising costs and narrower choices, while physicians have lost independence, and control has shifted to a handful of large corporate systems. Price transparency alone is not enough: patients and employers need clear disclosure of actual prices, fees, commissions, conflicts of...
August 21, 2026