TPR Podcast: Rising health care prices
Texas 2036 Director of Health and Economic Mobility Policy Charles Miller sat for an hourlong conversation about health care prices and the state of the health care system in Texas with David Martin Davies, host of The Source radio show at Texas Public Radio.
Over the course of the interview, Miller addressed multiple health care-related topics, including:
- his work to better understand who are the uninsured in Texas and the sometimes complex reasons for their decision to go without health coverage.
- the impact of the expiration of the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits and what low-cost or free options remain for Texans looking for coverage on the individual market.
- the urgency for Texans to research their options for coverage under the ACA before the Jan. 15 enrollment deadline.
- the opportunity to improve the healthy functioning of health care markets in Texas. That includes reforms to encourage more informed markets, healthy competition among providers and more engaged consumers of health care.
- legislative efforts in Texas to tackle the increasing prices of prescription drugs. That includes ideas like allowing for importation of less expensive drugs from Canada.
- legislative efforts to improve transparency in medical billing.
- what Texans can do to improve health outcomes.
To listen to the full interview, click here: