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April 15, 2022
A Solution to the Home Health Worker Shortage?
Care worker co-ops could improve access to health care in low-income communities shut out by larger, higher priced, home health care services, said health policy fellow Vivian Ho. "The fewer services controlled by large, integrated networks, the better. That leads to job growth and closer contact [from workers who have] an understanding of the community they’re serving."
Read more at the Houston Chronicle. April 11, 2022
State Dept. Diplomacy Center Commemorates Sec. Baker’s Historic Contributions
A bronze bust of former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III that will be part of the permanent collection of the National Museum of American Diplomacy was recently unveiled in Washington, D.C.
The specially commissioned bust honors “the most important unelected official in America since World War II,” said Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the unveiling ceremony. “Thank you for being such a great leader for this country and for this department.”
Read more April 8, 2022
Marks: Health Does Not Exist in a Vacuum
In her nine years as founding CEO of the Episcopal Health Foundation, nonresident fellow Elena Marks helped build a start-up into a $1.4 billion philanthropic organization dedicated to more broadly improving health as well as health care, reported the Houston Chronicle.
Read more at the Houston Chronicle. April 7, 2022
Payan: Abbott’s New Border Inspection Policy will Slow Trade
"The governor’s order to increase vehicle inspections at the border is inefficient and poses significant economic risk to the region," said fellow Tony Payan. "A better approach would be for the DPS to work with the Department of Homeland Security to assist with inspections without duplicating the work."
Read more at the Texas Tribune. April 4, 2022
Lifting Title 42 May Lead to an Influx of Immigrants
With a Trump-era COVID-19 immigration restriction set to end in May, U.S.-Mexico Center director Tony Payan said that "the Biden administration is preparing for a surge in immigrants at the border — ranging anywhere from the 6,000 per day the border sees currently, to as many as 18,000 per day."
Read more at Texas Standard.