Charles Miller

Charles Miller

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.

Posts

health care price transparency

Rising Costs Drive Need for Health Care Price Transparency

April 9, 2021
Rising costs have put health care out of reach for far too many Texans. This is clearly true for the five million without health insurance, but higher prices are also affecting many Texans who do have health insurance today. In fact, escalating prices have led 56% of Texan households with insurance to skip or postpone health...
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An All Payor Claims Database Can Help Control Healthcare Costs

April 8, 2021
“The overarching goal of establishing an all payor claims database for Texas is to facilitate state efforts in controlling the rising costs of health care by helping increase competition and transparency in our health markets.” –Rep. Armando Walle We know that in health care, prices are a major problem. And one of the biggest reasons...
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Children’s health insurance eligibility is broken. Here’s how to fix it.

March 30, 2021
The following testimony was provided to the Texas House Committee on Human Services on March 30, 2021. Texas 2036 submits these written comments in support of HB 290.  Texas 2036 is a non-partisan public policy organization designed to bring together the sensible center on data-driven policies.  Texas 2036 views the health care policy space as...
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New Federal Medicaid Proposals Could Provide Texas Over $3.5 Billion

March 19, 2021
UPDATE (March 19, 2021) We previously analyzed the potential impact of language under consideration by Congress.  As that language has been finalized and signed into law, we have learned more details about the potential financial impact to Texas.  Accordingly, we are updating our estimates as follows: We previously had estimated that the impact to state...
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