Experts in the News

Major credit bureaus are changing how they report unpaid medical bills — "great news for consumers," said health economist Vivian Ho."This was debt that was dragging a lot of people down."

Fellow Kristian Coates Ulrichsen predicted President Biden won't make much headway in lowering oil prices during his upcoming trip to the Middle East. “I just don't see that the Saudis and the UAE are willing to break out of the OPEC+ framework,” he said.

South Texas Democrats — overwhelmingly Hispanic — have always been more conservative than Hispanics elsewhere, said fellow Mark Jones. His polling shows Hispanic Texans who are male, evangelical or have two white grandparents gravitate toward GOP fastest. Read more at The Economist.

“The loss of Roe v. Wade protections is not only ending access to abortion, but also undermining advocacy for women’s health, as groups like Whole Woman’s Health leave states like Texas,” said Center for Health and Biosciences director Rola El Serag.

While a Supreme Court ruling last week limited the EPA's authority, Congress and environmental agencies have other options for reducing emissions, said Baker Institute Rice faculty scholar Dan Cohen. Read his comments on what the decision will and won't mean.