April 15, Dean Stansel, an economics professor at the Bridwell Institute for Economic Freedom in the Cox Schooll of Business at SMU Dallas and co-author David Mitchell (Ball State University professor), for an op-ed that warning Texas leaders that strict guidelines for nurse practitioners frustrate their ability to care for Texans. Published in the Dallas Morning News under the heading Free nurse practitioners: https://tinyurl.com/hf3dwmbn
Many Texans believe they live in the most economically free state in the country. Having no state income tax certainly provides more freedom to keep and make use of their money more than residents in almost every other state.
However, when it comes to using that money for something as necessary as affordable routine medical care, Texans are less free than residents of over half of the other states. As of this year, 30 states and the District of Columbia allow patients to receive routine medical care from a nurse practitioner without undue restrictions on that patient-provider relationship. Texas does not.