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David Balat

Austin, Houston, Texas
As seen in: Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel, MSN, Aol, Newsweek, The Hill, U.S. News and World Report, Breitbart, Yahoo, Washington Examiner, Townhall and
Covers:  Healthcare Reform
Working with medical professionals, employers and broker/advisers to make medical care more affordable. Former hospital executive. Independent. Patient advocate
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David Balat: The Demise of the ACA - The Houston Courant

David Balat: The Demise of the ACA - The Houston Courant

houstoncourant.com — David Balat: The Demise of the ACA Do the plaintiff's have standing to bring the case? Is the Individual Mandate Constitutional? Is the Individual Mandate severable from the rest of the law?
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David Balat: Physician dispensing irrational?

David Balat: Physician dispensing irrational?

Cleburne Times-Review — The Institute for Justice has taken up the cause of doctors in Texas who want to offer their patients affordable medications at the point of care - a practice known as physician dispensing of prescription drugs. As the doctors point out, the Texas ban on physician dispensing is irrational.
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Middlemen In Healthcare Creating High Costs - The Houston Courant

Middlemen In Healthcare Creating High Costs - The Houston Courant

houstoncourant.com — "Middlemen" are causing a crisis in health care that's hitting everyday Americans in the wallet and preventing them from getting the care they need. They have contributed to soaring health care costs and medicine shortages. On May 11th of this year, the President held a press conference and st
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Trump's health care transparency order a positive step toward a true patient-controlled system

Trump's health care transparency order a positive step toward a true patient-controlled system

texaspolicy.com — The lack of predictability in health care costs continues to frustrate Americans. Most people blame the insurance companies, which negotiate rates with providers behind closed doors. Others say government intervention has destroyed health care markets and the lack of competition drives up costs.
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The Research Is Clear, Physician Dispensing of Prescription Drugs Makes Sense - The Houston Coura...

The Research Is Clear, Physician Dispensing of Prescription Drugs Makes Sense - The Houston Coura...

houstoncourant.com — Yet efforts to convince the 86th Texas Legislature to allow it went nowhere. That's why doctors-and the attorneys from the Institute for Justice-feel it's now appropriate to bring this state constitutional challenge to the courts in an effort to vindicate the rights of licensed Texas doctors.
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Thanks to Trump, the healthcare choice is yours

Thanks to Trump, the healthcare choice is yours

The Hill — The Affordable Care Act (ACA) and many various versions of "Medicare for All" have something in common: they all want to limit your options: From which doctors you can see to the type of treatment you receive, and the kind of coverage you can get, both our current system and the socialized medicine proposed by the Left all depend on taking choices away from patients.
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Medicare-for-All - The Houston Courant

Medicare-for-All - The Houston Courant

houstoncourant.com — Of course, Medicare-for-All polls well, until you start talking about the high cost and the sacrifices in choices and care the system would inevitably lead to. So she's sticking with what works-for now. Rep. Jayapal introduced the bill with no funding mechanism; she says she will release suggested funding mechanisms at a later date.
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The Party of Prohibition | RealClearHealth

The Party of Prohibition | RealClearHealth

realclearhealth.com — To protect Obamacare, House Democrats have passed a resolution that will kick hundreds of thousands of Americans off their insurance plans. HR 1010, sponsored by Representative Kathy Castor (D- FL) and cosponsored by 25 members of her party, is a prohibition of short-term limited duration insurance plans that were put in place by the Obama administration and extended from 3 months up to 36 months by the current administration.
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In healthcare, failure is rewarded

In healthcare, failure is rewarded

The Hill — In the world of commerce, the market rewards success with profit and punishes mismanagement with bankruptcy. In health care, mismanagement is rewarded. Witness Medicare, which provides medical care for 51.2 million Americans aged 65 years and older, as well as 8.8 million disabled.
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Direct care plans could alleviate problem of high deductible plans - if Congress would fix the la...

Direct care plans could alleviate problem of high deductible plans - if Congress would fix the la...

The Hill — Often, the most effective way to make a point is to tell a story. And that's what NPR does in its new report on high-deductible health policies (HDHPs) that are keeping too many Americans out of their doctors' offices. Susan, who carries a gene that makes her predisposed to breast cancer, has one of those policies.
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Direct care plans could alleviate problem of high deductible plans - if Congress would fix the la...

Direct care plans could alleviate problem of high deductible plans - if Congress would fix the la...

The Hill — Often, the most effective way to make a point is to tell a story. And that's what NPR does in its new report on high-deductible health policies (HDHPs) that are keeping too many Americans out of their doctors' offices. Susan, who carries a gene that makes her predisposed to breast cancer, has one of those policies.
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Surprise! | RealClearHealth

Surprise! | RealClearHealth

realclearhealth.com — Christy called the ambulance on Christmas Eve because her husband passed out and was unresponsive. He was rushed to the hospital and remained there for three months before passing away. While Christy sat by his silent bedside-he was in a coma the entire time-she watched person after person come into the room to read the chart, order a new test, and attempt to have some interaction with her husband.
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'Medicare for all' would limit health care choices even more

'Medicare for all' would limit health care choices even more

The Hill — Will those who say they promote the ideology of choice be the ones to limit your choices when it comes to health care and coverage? The drumbeat for socialized medicine - nowadays often referred to as " Medicare for all" or a " public option " - is becoming relentless.
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Pre-existing conditions: Political versus financial reality

Pre-existing conditions: Political versus financial reality

The Hill — Health care was the single biggest issue affecting voters this past election cycle, and it will continue to be, at least through the 2020 elections. And at the center of the debate - the crux of the issue - is protection for consumers with pre-existing conditions.
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We need more price transparency in health care

We need more price transparency in health care

The Hill — Having a baby at a UT Health Tyler hospital in Tyler, Texas, will cost a family $19,147.11, according to that facility's newly posted price transparency guide. That's a vaginal delivery with no complicating diagnosis. For a caesarian section, the price goes up to $31,644.38. Of course, that's not what people pay.
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Pre-Existing Conditions: Fix Them or Eliminate Them Altogether? - The Houston Courant

Pre-Existing Conditions: Fix Them or Eliminate Them Altogether? - The Houston Courant

houstoncourant.com — Democrats are heavily advocating for a Medicare-for-All legislation that brings healthcare fully under the control of the Federal Government.
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