Will Texas Consider Feasibility of Reference Based Pricing Strategies for Public Educators?

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House Bill 3987, if passed, will direct a commission to study alternative mechanisms for offering health benefit plan coverage to the affected employees  of the TRS ActiveCare program and their dependents. Will “alternative mechanisms” include a study of Reference Based Pricing strategies? Will Texas follow the lead of Montana, North Carolina and the South Texas Health Cooperative? 

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