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TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH CARETexas Alliance for Health Care Introduction
The Texas Alliance for Health Care was created as a resource to lawmakers in anticipation of changes in the Affordable Care Act. We are a diversified group of stakeholders from private and public sectors representing hospitals, health plans, philanthropy, community clinics, providers, business, and public health. Our goal is to provide well thought out research that will inform and offer guidance as to the impact of proposed changes in the finance and delivery of health care in Texas. For more Information contact: Jon Comola email: jrcomola@wrgh.org Tel: 512 695 8806
Texas Alliance for Health Care Delegates
TEXAS LEADERSHIP ROUNDTABLETexas Leadership Roundtable Introduction
Texas is at a cross roads with rising health care costs. The bulk of Texas state spending 41% is on health. These expenditures flow primarily into Medicaid, but also include the Children’s health insurance program and some public hospital funding. Health outlays have expanded rapidly in recent years. As late as 2007 health and education spending were roughly equal but, by 2013 health has grown 20% larger than education. Yet Texas ranks last in the proportion of it residents with some form of health insurance coverage. Part of this is driven by the state’s large undocumented population but part of it also results from the exceptionally low income level at which Medicaid eligibility is cut off in Texas, just 20% of the federally poverty line, the second lowest cutoff in the nation.
Wye River Group with the active support of legislative leadership launched the Texas Roundtable on Health Care. The purpose of this effort is to provide the state with information on health and healthcare related practices that can inform public policy development and improve state health programs. The state of Texas HHSC, ERS and TRS enterprises are faced with critical challenges as demand for public services continue to grow while economic, political and fiscal considerations make it necessary to attain maximum efficiency and effectiveness of expenditures in this significant area of taxpayer investment. The WRG process is designed to stimulate innovative thinking that leads to practical recommendations for programs and public policy enhancements. Roundtable and Alliance Delegates:
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