Charles Miller, Director of Health and Economic Mobility Policy
Charles works to improve the affordability and accessibility of health care. In 2020, he led a team for Texas 2036 that developed the Health Coverage Policy Explorer, an interactive online tool that allowed policymakers and the public to explore the costs and effectiveness of numerous policy scenarios to increase the number of insured Texans.
Texas 2036’s 10th Texas Voter Poll found broad agreement on how the state should make healthcare more affordable: 1) Doing nothing is not an option; 2) Require prices up front; and 3) The state should take a more active role in keeping the market competitive. The strongest result was on price transparency. Asked about requiring…
Most Texas voters still consider the state a good place to raise a family. In Texas 2036’s new 2026 statewide poll, 59.8% called Texas better than the rest of the country for raising a family with only 25.5% called it worse. Voters in both parties share one concern. A solid majority (58.1%), said it is…
In 2021, Texas lawmakers took an important step toward empowering Texans to make informed decisions about their health care by requiring hospitals to publish prices in a public, accessible format. Since then, hospitals across Texas have made more pricing data available than ever before. But price is only part of the equation when it comes…