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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. June 24, 2021
Why Texas Should Expand Medicaid
Health policy fellow Elena Marks, the president of the Episcopal Health Foundation, recently testified before the Texas Health and Human Services Commission on how to help uninsured Texans through policies like Medicaid expansion.
Read more Episcopal Health News. July 31, 2020
In Texas, 2 Big Problems Collide: Uninsured People, Uncontrolled Pandemic
“We need to do everything we can to make sure people are not afraid to get tested because of cost, or are not afraid to get treatment because of cost,” said Nonresident Fellow Elena Marks. “And states like Texas with such a huge uninsured population, that’s a huge barrier to our public health response.”
Read more at NPR. October 15, 2013
Is the Health Care Exchange a Bust?
A system of health insurance marketplaces, or exchanges, opened on Oct. 1 as part of President Obama's Affordable Care Act. Baker Institute Health Policy Forum expert Elena Marks has commented extensively on the ACA and the exchanges, which let you compare and shop for affordable, comprehensive health plans.