The Nacogdoches County Chamber of Commerce released the following resolution in support of The Texas Way: WHEREAS, Texas has the highest rate of residents without health insurance (24%) in the country and El Paso County, with a rate of uninsured of 33 percent; and WHEREAS, More than one point one million low-wage working Texans have [...]
The El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce released the following resolution in support of The Texas Way: WHEREAS, Texas has the highest rate of residents without health insurance (24%) in the country and El Paso County, with a rate of uninsured of 33 percent; and WHEREAS, More than one point one million low-wage working Texans [...]
AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Hospital Association has come out in support of a bill to expand health care coverage to low-income Texans that includes a request for a block grant from the federal government. Douglas A. Matney, CEO of South Texas Health System in McAllen, is on the board of trustees for the THA. [...]
March 4, 2015 -- A Corpus Christi Caller-Times editorial focused on the need for the Texas Way in Nueces County. Excerpt below: Nueces County is doing well, according to County Judge Loyd Neal, who isn't one to sugarcoat his annual State of the County speeches. He also doesn't exaggerate. When he says something is a [...]
The legislative priorities for Golden Triangle Days in Austin represent the important business issues facing the Golden Triangle—the energy-gateway for the State of Texas and the United States. Consisting of the cities of Beaumont, Orange, and Port Arthur and the counties of Jefferson and Orange, the Golden Triangle is home to the largest petro-chemical, refining [...]
AUSTIN – The Texas Hospital Association issued the following statement from Ted Shaw, THA president/ CEO, in response to proposals to seek flexibility from the federal government in how the state administers the Medicaid program. “Texas hospitals are not averse to continuing discussions about building on the significant reforms already made in our Medicaid system, [...]
In a recent editorial, the Longview News-Journal called for a Texas-based approach to increasing access to health care: Doing so would not require full acquiescence to the Affordable Care Act. A purely Texas system could be devised to accomplish the goal and bring home the billions of dollars Texas is due. Several proposals — including [...]
by Ted Shaw If you’ve never been to Texas, it can be hard to understand the depth of pride we Texans have in our state. Some of it is hyperbole (“On the eighth day, God created Texas”), but our history as an economic powerhouse is real. You can’t lead the nation in job growth and [...]
by Ramiro Cavazos San Antonio’s economy is built on a foundation of more than 40,000 small businesses, made up of people who build our homes, serve our meals, schedule our dental appointments and are active consumers in our economy. They are our relatives, our neighbors and our friends, people we interact with every day. Many [...]
By Brett A. Esrock, Glenn A. Robinson, Dr. T. Marc Barrett, and Dr. J.E. Morrison We live in a great state. Our economic growth is unrivaled. Unemployment is consistently below the national average. We lead the nation in job creation. We have shown that doing things The Texas Way is the right way. For all [...]