Testimony to Texas House Select Committee on Health Care Reform

August 4, 2022

David Balat

David Balat is the director of the Right on Healthcare initiative at the Texas public Policy Foundation. He has broad experience across the healthcare spectrum with special expertise in healthcare finance. He is a former congressional candidate in Texas’ 2nd Congressional District and a seasoned hospital executive with more than 20 years of healthcare industry leadership and executive management experience.

David Balat is the Director of Right on Healthcare at the foundation.

According to CMS, National Health Expenditures grew 9.7% to $4.1 trillion in 2020, or $12,530 per person, and accounted for 19.7% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Thirty-one percent or nearly $1.3 billion went to paying for hospital care alone and that number continues to climb.

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