Mobilizing employers, families and other stakeholders across the state of Texas to rein in excessive health care expenses. #txlege
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“People tell us in polls that their health care costs are their top cost-of-living concern, tied with gas prices. The fact that workers’ share of premiums went up almost three times faster than inflation in 2026 helps explain why." @DrewAltman #txlege
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More Texas teachers are getting squeezed by healthcare prices. The state Legislature will have an opportunity to do something about it when they reconvene in January. #txlege #healthcare
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What's driving skyrocketing healthcare bills?
IT'S THE PRICES. 💰💰💰
New research finds PRICES NOT USAGE are driving higher healthcare expenses.
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Rising healthcare expenses are squeezing Texas cities, counties and school districts. #txlege
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When these Texas teachers found out how much the price of their health insurance was going up, they were SHOCKED. #txlege #healthcare
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Basic transparency is necessary but not sufficient: FTC warns health systems that incomplete, inaccurate or untimely price disclosures could violate federal law. #txlege #healthcare
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Texas @RepJamesFrank delivers a perfect explanation for why antitrust action is PRO-free markets during a discussion about the lack of competitive markets in healthcare during yesterday's symposium @TPPF. #txlege
"The loser is the employer, the taxpayer, and the patient."
Texas State Senator @LoisKolkhorst had some real talk about healthcare prices at yesterday's @TPPF #healthcare symposium. #txlege
“Healthcare costs are going up faster than they have in years, and open enrollment is when the healthcare affordability crisis is really going to hit home for people. That’s true for whatever kind of insurance you have.”#txlege
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Large and small employers are bracing for what looks to be the sharpest increase in healthcare expenses IN MORE THAN TWO DECADES. #txlege
This is unsustainable.
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Texas Employers for Affordable Health Care retweeted
Your doctor, hospital and health insurer could all be owned by the same corporation. So, what could that mean for your choices and the prices you pay? #txhealth #txlege
Texas 2036's @meaganfalcon breaks it down, including our latest poll results on #healthcare affordability.
Large health systems expanding across state lines, absorbing independent hospitals and reshaping regional care markets. #txlege #healthcare
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🚨 NEW TEXAS POLLING DATA 🚨
Supermajorities of Texas voters favor the right to know who owns a healthcare provider, price transparency in medical care and government regulation of healthcare mergers. #txlege
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Nearly 90% of Texas employers say rising healthcare expenses affect their ability to hire and retain employees. #txlege
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“Employers are facing, I would say, a growing existential reckoning about their role in healthcare."
Healthcare expenses are not only skyrocketing, they're getting harder to predict. #txlege
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62% of employers in a recent @BizGrpHlth survey said hospital price increases are driving costs to a great or very great extent.
“Provider consolidation has reduced competition in many markets, increasing the pricing leverage that hospitals and health systems have over commercial plans." #txlege
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For 2027, employers may be facing the biggest health-insurance increase in at least two decades. #txlege #healthcare
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Employers are eager to take up strategies to control healthcare expenses—the data proves it. But they can only explore and adopt these strategies if they have access to the data necessary to evaluate and adjust their plans accordingly. #txlege
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Texas Employers for Affordable Health Care retweeted
U.S. employer healthcare costs are expected to rise 9.5% in 2027, pushing the average cost above $19,000 per employee, driven by increased medical use and spending on high-priced drugs, insurance broker Aon said on Thursday. reuters.com/legal/litigation…
Texas Employers for Affordable Health Care retweeted
Economics 101.
Less competition = higher prices.
Every. Single. Time
#txlege #patientsfirst @mayes_middleton @TomOliverson @KatrinaPierson
When hospitals face less competition, they can charge more. And when insurers face higher hospital prices, they pass those costs onto everyone's health insurance — even those who don't require extensive care.
@PeterWhoriskey examines how hospital consolidation is driving up U.S. healthcare costs:wapo.st/4wuHjH1
