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    <title>Across the States - Episodes Tagged with “Healthcare”</title>
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    <description>People spend far too much time looking just at the federal government. The same is true with podcasts. Instead, the discussions hosted on Across the States focus on state issues and state solutions within state capitols, by state legislators and with state policy experts.
The American Legislative Exchange Council is the country's largest voluntary membership organization of state legislators in the United States. It acts as a forum to exchange ideas and develop state-based solutions.
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    <itunes:summary>People spend far too much time looking just at the federal government. The same is true with podcasts. Instead, the discussions hosted on Across the States focus on state issues and state solutions within state capitols, by state legislators and with state policy experts.
The American Legislative Exchange Council is the country's largest voluntary membership organization of state legislators in the United States. It acts as a forum to exchange ideas and develop state-based solutions.
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  <title>Bringing Healthcare Price Transparency to Texas: Texas Representative Caroline Harris Davila</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Texas State Representative Caroline Harris Davila discussed her experiences and initiatives in healthcare transparency in the Texas legislature while being interviewed at the ALEC 2025 States &amp; Nation Policy Summit in Fort Worth.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>Transparency in Health Care: Brooklyn Roberts Explains</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2023 15:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:title>Transparency in Health Care: Brooklyn Roberts Explains</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Know what you're paying when going to the hospital? What a medication cost? What an operation cost? If not then your state probably needs a little health care transparency. Lars Dalseide sits down with ALEC's Health and Human Services Task Force Director Brooklyn Roberts to discuss state actions being taken to promote price transparency for when patients are choosing their health care.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>131: How State Reforms Can Address Problems in Vision Care</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2023 13:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>How state legislatures can deal with problems of vision care providers. Join ALEC Senior Task Force Director Brooklyn Roberts for a solutions-oriented discussion with the American Optometric Association.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>Join the American Optometric Association's Dr. William T. Reynolds and ALEC Senior Director of the ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force  Brooklyn Roberts for a discussion on how states can play a critical role in addressing growing problems with vision plan providers. The American Optometric Association said too often vision plan providers are getting between patients and doctors and making it hard for patients to get the best care at the best price. Special Guest: Dr. William T. Reynolds, O.D..
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