Publications

Publications

Smart, Affordable and Fair: Why Texas Should Extend Medicaid to Low-Income Adults
A report by Billy Hamilton Consulting analyzing the state and regional impacts of extending Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act
Prepared for Texas Impact and Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.

The Business Case for Insuring Low-Income Adults in Texas through Medicaid Managed Care
Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc. and Texas Impact

Myths, Mistakes and Misinformation: Why the Arguments Against Medicaid Expansion Are Wrong
Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc. and Texas Impact

Executive Summary: Smart, Affordable and Fair
Prepared by Texas Impact for Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.

Smart, Affordable and Fair: Extending Medicaid to Low-Income Adults Will Save Local Tax Dollars and Grow the Economy
Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc. and Texas Impact

Extending Medicaid to Low-Income Adults...What's in it for your Community?
Texas Impact

Preliminary Estimates of General Revenue Availability in State Health Care Programs
Technical Report prepared for Methodist Healthcare Ministries and Texas Impact
Analysis by Billy Hamilton Consulting

The Potential Primary Care Crisis in Texas: A County-Based Analysis
Prepared by Leighton Ku, Alice Levy and Brian Bruen, Center for Health Policy Research, School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University

Opening Doors: Building Texas' Primary Health Care Workforce
Center for Public Policy Priorities

Estimates of the Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Texas Counties
Prepared by Michael E. Cline, Ph.D. & Steve H. Murdock, Ph.D., Hobby Center for the Study of Texas, Rice University for Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.

CHOICES: The Texas We Create (The State of Texas Children 2012 Annual Data Book)
Center for Public Policy Priorities 

Choices & Challenges: How Texas County Uninsured Rates Will Drop Under Health Care Reform
Center for Public Policy Priorities

Ounces of Prevention, Pounds of Cure
Texans Care for Children

What Happened and What Work Remains? Health Care and the 2011 Legislature
Center for Public Policy Priorities 

Threats to Healthcare: Attacks on Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP, and Health Reform in Austin and Washington
Center for Public Policy Priorities

Texas Health Reform Checklist: Key Steps to Make the Most of Reform, September 2010
Center for Public Policy Priorities

The Texas Health Care Primer (Revised 2011)
Center for Public Policy Priorities

Amos Commission: A guide for local church Commission

Uninsured Data Projections January 2009
Prepared by Texas State Demographer Karl Eschback, Ph.D. for Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.

Obesity in Texas: Reaching Epidemic Proportions
Texas Health Institute

Do this and You Will Live
Texas Impact

2010 Data on Uninsured Children
Prepared by Texas State Demographer Karl Eschbach, PhD for Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.

National Healthcare Reform

Crisis Point: Mental Health Workforce Shortages in Texas
The Hogg Foundation

Taste and See, A Justice Framework for Faith and Food
Texas Impact

The Officer Will See You Now, Reversing the Trend Toward the Juvenile Justice System as Default Mental Health Provider for Texas Kids
Texans Care for Children

The State of Texas Children, Texas KIDS COUNT Annual Data Book: The Importance of Investing in Children (2011)
Center for Public Policy Priorities

Business Leaders Support Child Health
Children's Defense Fund

Capital Healthcare Planning

Pediatric Subspecialty Physician Needs - March 5, 2012 

Mental Health Care Services Project: Work Session 1 - July 16, 2010

Strategic Planning Project: Work Session 1 - November 7, 2006

Strategic Planning Project: Work Session 2 - December 12, 2006

Strategic Planning Project Executive Summary - 2006