by Hogg Staff | Jul 2, 2012 | Blog
You’ve probably heard by now that the 2010 healthcare law was largely upheld by the Supreme Court on Thursday. Even though polls indicate that public opinion about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been steady, many of us following the fate of the ACA were...
by Hogg Staff | Sep 29, 2011 | Blog
After a year-long struggle, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was passed by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and then amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. The intended purpose of the law was to insure the...
by Hogg Staff | Sep 27, 2011 | Blog
This past weekend Colleen Horton and I attended the Texas Tribune Festival. The popular Texas-based news source invited an impressive group of speakers to Austin for a two-day gathering in hopes of developing a more informed discourse on issues that are important to...
by Hogg Staff | Sep 27, 2011 | Blog
Saturday morning we sat in on U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess’ presentation, “The Case Against Obamacare.” Overall I thought the discussion lacked clarity. Both Rep. Burgess and moderator Scott Braddock seemed more interested in a discussion of the politics surrounding the...
by Hogg Staff | Sep 27, 2011 | Blog
Tom Suehs, executive commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), had the final presentation on Saturday. Suehs spoke mostly of a Medicaid crisis and highlighted the fact that the program takes up a growing proportion of the state budget....