Texas Lyceum Digs into Health Care at San Antonio Conference

The non-partisan Texas Lyceum is gathering at the Tobin Center in San Antonio for a two day deep dive into one of the most serious challenges facing the state and the nation today--health care, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports.

The Texas Lyceum is a membership-driven organization which meets regularly to debate and come up with solutions for issues without the encumberance of politics.

President Brad Morrison says this is an area where Texas is expected to lead.

"The Texas Lyceum went to New York this summer, and the editor in chief of the New York Times made a comment, 'Texas needs to lead'," Morrison said.

Among the issues under discussion include the state's horribly high rate of maternal death, the fact that Texas still has the lowest percentage of uninsured individuals in the country, and for the first time, patients are more concerned about the cost of health care than its quality.

Speakers include physicians, including Bexar County Metro Health Director Dr. Colleen Bridger, as well as business leaders and members of the Legislature and other elected officials.

"People are coming to our state to build businesses, seek out jobs, creating jobs, growing jobs, we have an incredible environment for that, but we also have to double down on those things that create a healthy work force," Morrison said.


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