Background Two proposals passed by the 89th Legislature have high potential to vastly improve health care price transparency. FUNDING The 89th Legislature appropriated over $9 million for the biennial operation of the All-Payor Claims Database, which collects health care claims information from insurers enrolling nearly 60% of insured Texans. Though the database was established in…
Within the next two years, teachers statewide are in line to get a pay raise and a significant expansion in merit-based compensation for both teachers and principals. Wildfire response crews may be outfitted with the equipment they need ahead to protect their communities. A Texas town could be closer to a plan to prevent a…
Lawmakers on the Senate Committee on Finance met today, in what will likely be one of their last public meetings of the regular session to lay out and take public testimony on legislation. Among the most highly anticipated bills of the hearing was the layout of House Bill 500, the supplemental appropriations bill. Traditionally, in…
This the second part in a data analysis series on Texas’ uninsured, with the focus this time on census tract data. Texas continues to lead the nation with 16.4% of its population without health insurance. In Part 1 of this series, we looked at county-level trends in the uninsured and where they live. We found…