Elena Maslia Marks

Fellow in Health Policy, Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy

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@johnarnold I thought her piece was an excellent introspective of the challenges parents face in raising their children and trying to improve the world at the same time. John, you may have missed the point.

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@angeladuckw @Austan_Goolsbee @nytopinion News to you but not others. Grit was good but limited

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@TPPF Correlation is not causation. Serious policy researchers know that

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@peterbakernyt @ShaneGoldmacher Oh please

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@CGHollins No way

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@nikillinit @CharlesTXPolicy If what we were paying the medical system to do actually resulted in good outcomes, I’d agree. But that’s not the case and the non-medical drivers of health are more impactful than medicine on quality and quantity of life. We should get what we pay for—and we don’t.

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@KyleClark @SteveStaeger Local news matters

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@ZekeEmanuel Hard to believe this is even a thing, but I guess it is. Didn’t used to be.

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@brian_blase @Paragon_Inst We are spending on all the wrong things. It’s health we’re after, not healthcare.

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How has U.S. health policy shifted in the second Trump administration’s first year?

A new brief from the Center for Health Policy examines how federal budget cuts are expected to affect insurance access, coverage, & care costs. https://t.co/kKBkdl7Fty

#HealthPolicy #USHealthcare #PublicHealth

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@CharlesTXPolicy Agree—they don’t learn if they can’t figure stuff out.

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@TomOliverson @DanielAldersTX They are not a substitute for insurance.

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@taygoldenstein @jaspscherer Congrats and love the huppah

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Texas reached a record 4.17 million ACA marketplace enrollments for 2026, even after enhanced subsidies expired. Shao-Chee Sim & Elena M. Marks’ new brief explores how affordability shapes enrollees’ plan selections & why expanding access to low-cost coverage remains a primary policy objective. https://t.co/m4zZC9OECq

#ACA #HealthPolicy #TexasHealthCare

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@aawayne @jamesrhenson @APStylebook Just pick. Who cares. Just pick

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@taygoldenstein @RobertDownen_ @HoustonChron @TexasTribune Welcome to Trib.

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@MSpellingsBPC @BPC_Bipartisan Looking forward to seeing what you do. I have some thoughts.

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@evanasmith Agree

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@brian_blase The cost of health insurance is based on the cost of healthcare that is expected to be used.

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@mattyglesias Many of the supplemental benefits keep seniors healthy and living in their homes/communities, avoiding hospital visits and institutionalization. The non-medical drivers of health, or social determinants of health, are more important than medical care to health outcomes.