Publications

From time-to-time, the Research Institute makes some of its publications available to the general public. We hope the information found below is helpful and informative.

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Task Force Reports

• TCCRI State Finance Task Force Report: A Roadmap to Responsible Reform (January 2003)

• TCCRI LIFT Task Force on Health and Human Services: Searching for the Cure (February 2003)

• LIFT Task Force on Health and Human Services Report (February 2001)

Press Releases

9/9/03 Conservatives Applaud Changes in Health and Human Services

2/25/03 Conservative Public Policy Institute Releases 

             Texas Health and Human Services Report

Related:  Remarks from Representative Arlene Wohlgemuth

              Statement from Dr. Lisa Hollier, President, Texas Association of Ob-gyns

1/24/03 Conservatives Support Governor's Call for Starting Budget at Zero

1/16/03 TCCRI Releases State Spending Report

8/15/02 Lawmakers Call for New Laws to Combat Child Pornography

8/1/02 Medical Liability Crisis

Research Reports - Research by the TCC Research Institute on selected issues of public policy.

Executive Summary -- Economics 101: Why Pharmaceutical Price Controls Won’t Work (July 17, 2000).

Economics 101: Why Pharmaceutical Price Controls Won’t Work (July 6, 2000).

Newsletters - Periodic news on the activities of the Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute and its participants.

• January 2004
• February 2003
• September 2000
• August 2000
• May 2000

LIFT Perspectives - Issue-oriented position advocacy research on topics of public-policy

• A State Income Tax: Historically, Constitutionally, and Economically Wrong: March 17, 2000
• The Future of Rural Healthcare: March 17, 2000
• How Safe Is the Health Care Safety Net?: March 17, 2000
• The Shortage of Hospital Personnel: March 17, 2000
• Six Cautions on Expanding Medical Liability: February 18, 2000
• Health Care Fraud: February 18, 2000
• The Invasion of Medical Privacy: January 21, 2000
• The Influence of Federal Policy on Texas Health Care: January 21, 2000

Op-Eds - Opinion-Editorials on current issues by RI staff and supporters.

• Lets Keep This Private -- Just Between You and the Government by Kathi Seay
• Medicaid by Representative Wohlgemuth
• Government-Run Health Care for the Dead by Kerri Houston
• When Patients Become Victims: The Crime of Government-Run Health Care by Merrill Matthews Jr., Ph.D. and Kerri Houston