Alec Mendoza
@alecmendoza20
2x Texas Ex 🤘🏼 | Children’s health advocate | Tweets reflect my own opinion
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http://txchildren.org 01-05-2021 22:13:09
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Texas' margin of victory in every NCAA Tournament game this year as they advance to the Final Four Texas Women's Basketball +42 vs. Missouri St. +42 vs. Oregon +22 vs. Kentucky +36 vs. Michigan Outscored teams by 142 points in the tourney so far 🤯
Wemby on receiving backlash for crying on the court: “Personally, I refuse to carry the burden of hiding my emotions.” (via Maxime Aubin)
MUST WATCH: James Frank tells a vulnerable story and makes an important point: Hospital consolidation raises healthcare prices, even when Texas is the buyer. In this case, at a price tag of $82,000. It’s time we have more competition in our state healthcare market. #txlege
🎧 Your Tuesday listening: Why are healthcare prices so high in Texas, and what can the state do to address them? We sit down with Co-Founder & Chairman of FREOPP Avik Roy, Texas 2036's Charles Miller and host Brad Swail to discuss. Watch the full episode here:
What's driving such high healthcare spending in the U.S.? According to Yale University Associate Professor Zack Cooper, rampant hospital consolidation is a key factor. Read his full op-ed for The New York Times: nyti.ms/4nbkzbT
In March, Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows established the House Select Committee on Health Care Affordability, tasking a bipartisan group of lawmakers with identifying the market dynamics driving up medical costs for Texas families. According to Texas 2036, the formation of
Hospital mergers have left 61% of Texans in markets dominated by just a few large hospital systems, giving those systems significant influence over pricing. Charles Miller breaks down what a healthy, competitive market actually looks like in episode nine of "The Future of
On this day in 2017... At 39 years old, Manu Ginobili came away with this game-sealing rejection on James Harden to give the Spurs a 3-2 series lead against the Rockets!