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Alec Mendoza

@alecmendoza20

2x Texas Ex 🤘🏼 | Children’s health advocate | Tweets reflect my own opinion

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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 🤯

Texas' margin of victory in every NCAA Tournament game this year as they advance to the Final Four <a href="/TexasWBB/">Texas Women's Basketball</a> 

+42 vs. Missouri St.
+42 vs. Oregon
+22 vs. Kentucky
+36 vs. Michigan

Outscored teams by 142 points in the tourney so far 🤯
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1 in 3 adults now use AI for health information. Adults under 30 are 6x more likely than those 50+ to use AI because they can't get an appointment, and 2x as likely to cite cost. AI adoption isn't a tech story. Its an access and affordability story. bit.ly/4mgLqmq

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Updated 50-state recidivism analysis shows Texas with one of the lowest recidivism rates in the nation. That only happens with sustained effort and investment on the part of advocates, agency leaders, and lawmakers. #txlege csgjusticecenter.org/publications/s…

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Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper join KD and Russell Westbrook as the only duos in NBA history, age 21 or younger, to each score 25+ points in the same playoff game 🔥

Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper join KD and Russell Westbrook as the only duos in NBA history, age 21 or younger, to each score 25+ points in the same playoff game 🔥
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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

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🎧 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:

🎧 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 &amp; Chairman of <a href="/FREOPP/">FREOPP</a> <a href="/Avik/">Avik Roy</a>, Texas 2036's <a href="/CharlesTXPolicy/">Charles Miller</a> and host <a href="/bradswail/">Brad Swail</a> to discuss.

Watch the full episode here:
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In Texas, a family saw their child’s routine diabetes visit go from $90 to $600 after an ownership change triggered a facility fee. Facility fees further incentivize hospitals to acquire independent practices. Texas has policy options to address this issue next session. #txlege

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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

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Since 2000, hospital prices have surged 3x faster than inflation and over 2x faster than wages. One major reason? Consolidation. Hospital mergers have left 61% of Texans in markets dominated by just a few large hospital systems, giving them significant influence over pricing.

Since 2000, hospital prices have surged 3x faster than inflation and over 2x faster than wages.

One major reason? Consolidation.

Hospital mergers have left 61% of Texans in markets dominated by just a few large hospital systems, giving them significant influence over pricing.
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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

In March, Texas House Speaker <a href="/Burrows4TX/">Dustin Burrows</a> 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 <a href="/Texas2036/">Texas 2036</a>, the formation of
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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

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KAREEM. HAKEEM. SHAQ. WEMBY. Only players in NBA history to record 35+ PTS, 15+ REB, and 5+ BLK in a postseason game 🤯 A historic night for Victor Wembanyama in just his 7th career postseason game!

KAREEM.
HAKEEM.
SHAQ.
WEMBY.

Only players in NBA history to record 35+ PTS, 15+ REB, and 5+ BLK in a postseason game 🤯

A historic night for Victor Wembanyama in just his 7th career postseason game!
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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!