The Texas Public Policy Foundation celebrated a unanimous vote in the Texas Senate for reform that requires hospitals to disclose negotiated rates. The bill, SB 1137, is a huge step forward in creating a transparent market for health care that obligates providers to tell patients what treatments and procedures cost before they are performed. According to a TPPF...
Press Release March 31, 2021The Texas Public Policy Foundation announced its support for Texas Attorney General’s U.S. Supreme Court lawsuit defending the public charge rule. The rule limits entry into the United States from those who are likely to become dependent on government benefits. TPPF’s Robert Henneke released the following statement: “America cannot be a welfare program for the world....
Press Release March 31, 2021The Texas Public Policy Foundation joined a group of more than a dozen members of the Texas congressional delegation at the southern border to learn more about the growing crisis and provide input on potential solutions. Members of TPPF’s Right on Immigration campaign have been sounding the alarm for months about the Biden Administration’s disastrous...
Press Release March 30, 2021More than three dozen state-based and national public policy organizations wrote to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury to express concerns that the American Rescue Plan Act unconstitutionally undermines the power of states to determine their own tax laws. In the letter to Secretary Janet Yellen, the heads of 42 different groups...
Press Release March 24, 2021The Texas Public Policy Foundation released a new research paper analyzing several systemic errors in the federal government’s National Climate Assessment. With a new assessment currently being drafted under the direction of the Biden administration and slated for completion in 2023, The Fourth National Climate Assessment: A Crisis of Its Own Making is a timely...
Press Release March 24, 2021The Texas Public Policy Foundation launched a new animated series to help Texans better understand the issues facing our health care system and the solutions to make getting care more accessible and affordable. The series, “Patients First,” starts with Episode 1: The Cost of Health Care, identifying a lack of transparent pricing and the bureaucratic...
Press Release March 22, 2021The Texas Public Policy Foundation announced the addition of Kimberly Richey as Senior Fellow for Education to support the foundation’s Next Generation Texas campaign, covering K-12, higher education, and workforce development issues. Richey is the former Acting Assistant Secretary in the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education. She was in charge...
Press Release March 18, 2021Texans overwhelmingly believe mail-in ballots should have the same standard for voter identification as in-person voting, and that mail-in ballots should be available only to those who truly cannot vote in person. The new poll shows that several election security and government reforms being debated by the Texas Legislature are on the minds of voters....
Press Release March 15, 2021Texas state Sen. Brian Birdwell and state Rep. Phil King filed legislation for a priority item in the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Liberty Action Agenda. Senate Bill 13 and HB 2189 will prohibit companies that divest from, boycott, or sanction the fossil fuel industry from doing business with the state of Texas. “Texas must send...
Press Release March 15, 2021The Texas Public Policy Foundation on Monday commended Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Sen. Paul Bettencourt and Rep. Briscoe Cain for their strong statements on election integrity, affirming that voter fraud is real and that we must pass reforms that ensure all eligible voters vote. As Gov. Abbott noted, “We must work to reduce the potential...
Press Release March 15, 2021The Texas Public Policy Foundation released the following statement on SB28, legislation that would support charter schools in Texas: “Charter schools bring opportunity and hope to families across Texas, closing persistent achievement gaps and giving thousands of students the chance to receive a high-quality education,” said TPPF Senior Policy Director Emily Sass. “Just as charters...
Press Release March 11, 2021Today, 10 members of the Texas Senate filed legislation to stop tax dollars from going to lobbyists. As introduced, Senate Bill 10 prohibits cities and counties from spending public money “to directly or indirectly influence or attempt to influence the outcome of any legislation pending before the legislature” while making clear that local government officials and...
Press Release March 10, 2021