5 Things We’re Watching is our regularly distributed market and policy intelligence newsletter. Each newsletter includes five items of relevance specific to your market. Enjoy links to original source documentation, thoughtful coverage from other outlets, and independent reporting from State of Reform.
5 Things Texas: Special session, COVER Now Act, Physician mental health
Emily Boerger | Jul 14, 2021 | Texas
While DJ is out trying to get in a well-deserved vacation, I’ll be bringing you this edition of 5 Things We’re Watching. I’m the managing editor here at State of Reform where I have my eye on health care and health policy in Texas and a number of other states.
5 Things Texas: 1115 waiver update, Early Bird registration, Maternal mortality
DJ Wilson | Jun 8, 2021 | Texas
This may be the calm before the storm. Thursday is the last published day on the Supreme Court calendar to release opinions from its current term (though they have a few more weeks for orders). It's a term that saw a meaningful challenge to the ACA last November. It was
5 Things Texas: Q&A w/Rep. Howard, Health in the budget, Impacts of Medicaid waiver rescission
DJ Wilson | May 5, 2021 | Texas
Emily Boerger and Eli Kirshbaum collaborated to break the story on the CMS nullification of Texas's 1115 waiver extension. We had some great reporting there, which we feature below. We also tracked some big moments in the House as they thought about debating Medicaid expansion via a budget amendment. Or,
5 Things Texas: Q&A w/Nora Belcher, Medicaid expansion outlook, Rep. Michael Burgess
DJ Wilson | Apr 6, 2021 | Texas
Congrats to those Baylor Bears who played an outstanding game last night to win the NCAA Men's College Basketball National Championship. My Gonzaga Bulldogs were outplayed. Gonzaga has had an amazing run, making the NCAA post-season tournament every year since 1999. They've been a #1 seed or #1 rank often,
5 Things Texas: Health policy priorities, Keynote conversations, ACA subsidy expansion
DJ Wilson | Mar 2, 2021 | Texas
Our upcoming 2021 State of Reform Federal Health Policy Conference is the first event we've focused on at the national level. This week, we announced the Chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, US Sen. Ron Wyden, will keynote the event. This will be perhaps the single best way to interact
5 Things Texas: 2021 Economic outlook, Vaccine rollout, Access to care
DJ Wilson | Feb 1, 2021 | Texas
When we build our agendas for our annual conferences, we wait until as late as possible to get started. Then, we ask our Convening Panel, sponsors and readers this question: What are you spending your mental energy on? We then ask our network to tell us who has the best
5 Things Texas: Future of TX Medicaid, 2021-23 budget, Chris Murray
DJ Wilson | Jan 14, 2021 | Texas
We are gearing up for our 2021 Texas State of Reform Health Policy Conference coming up on Feb. 4th. Because our agenda is full of the most important conversations taking place in Texas health care, it should be no surprise that some of those conversations are things we're featuring in
5 Things Texas: Rep. Lina Ortega, North Texas Virtual Conference, Rep. Garnet Coleman
DJ Wilson | Sep 3, 2020
In the last seven days, the average daily rate of infections is down across Texas by 32%. That’s the good news. However, even those reduced trends would mean one in 16 Texans would become infected with COVID over the next 12 months. With that as context, Steve Love, CEO of
5 Things Texas: Sen. Nathan Johnson, COVID transmission, insurance crisis
DJ Wilson | Jun 5, 2020 | Texas
"We have to make an effort in the United States, we have to make an effort to understand, to go beyond these rather difficult times… What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the
5 Things Texas: US Rep. Michael Burgess, MFAR, Primary elections
DJ Wilson | Feb 13, 2020 | Texas
Hosting State of Reform is a tremendous experience for us each year. Last week's event in Austin with over 300 folks throughout the day was no exception. So, thank you to those who have engaged and supported us over the years - who attend our events and read our stuff.
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