Is Texas the Model for Good Health Care Policy?

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🗓️ 29 July 2022

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Health care affects every single American. Republicans and Democrats argue over the best way to provide the essential service to the population. But in Texas, a sweeping series of health care reform bills was able to make their way through the state Legislature. And it was done on a bipartisan basis. Dave Balat, director of the Right on Healthcare initiative at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, was instrumental in getting that legislation passed. "When it comes to good health care bills, there really shouldn't be a left and right divide," Balat says. "It should be about what's best for patients." Balat hopes he can spread these bills across the nation. "These [bills] are designed for communities," he says. "They aren't by any means Texas-specific. And I'm working with a number of states already to try to export these ideas and give them the support that they need to implement exactly what has been done." Balat joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss how his organization helped get these policies passed, and how other states can use Texas as a model. We also cover these stories: The U.S. enters a recession. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., makes a deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on a tax-and-spend bill. Justice Clarence Thomas will not be teaching his constitutional law class at Georgetown Law after student backlash. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal podcast for Friday, July 29th.
0:09.8	I'm Samantha Rank.
0:10.8	And I'm Doug Blair, health care impacts every single American.
0:15.4	Republicans and Democrats argue over the best way to provide that essential service to
0:19.1	the population.
0:20.1	But in Texas, a sweeping series of health care reform bills was able to make its way
0:24.1	through the state legislature to the benefit of all Texans, and in a bipartisan manner.
0:29.4	David Belat, director of the right on health care initiative at the Texas Public Policy
0:33.2	Foundation, joins the show today to discuss how his organization helped get these policies
0:37.6	passed, and how other states can use Texas as a model.
0:41.2	But before we get to Doug's conversation with David Belat, let's hit today's top news.
0:58.9	According to the technical definition, the U.S. is in a recession.
1:03.0	The U.S. economy shrank again for a second consecutive quarter at an annual rate of 0.9%.
1:09.3	Two subsequent quarters of economic contraction is the definition most economists use to
1:13.8	mark a recession.
1:15.4	The Bureau of Economic Analysis released that data Thursday amid its record high inflation.
1:20.6	In a statement released on Thursday, President Biden said, coming off of last year's
1:24.8	historic economic growth, and regaining all the private sector jobs lost during the
1:28.7	pandemic crisis, it's no surprise that the economy is slowing down as the Federal Reserve
1:33.5	acts to bring down inflation.
1:35.1	However, the Biden administration has attempted to redefine what recession means in recent days,
1:40.2	as well as trying to tamp down on fears the economy was headed for a recession.
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