Suzanne Bellsnyder

Independent #pharmacist and TPA Board Member @DrBenMcNabb testified this afternoon before the Texas Senate Health and Human Services Committee about potential waste and abuse by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in Texas Medicaid. McNabb shared how a PBM reported to HHSC a payment of $148.50 to his #pharmacy for tolterodine, but after clawbacks he only received about $30. “If you’re relying on the PBM data to detect fraud, waste, and abuse, I don’t think you’re going to find it,” McNabb said. “The numbers are fundamentally distorted. They’ve set up a system that creates an obfuscation of the true cost of the drug. The payments can be overstated, and accountability becomes nearly impossible. That is the definition of waste, and when it’s done knowingly, through reporting mechanisms, it raises serious concerns about abuse.” Committee Chair @LoisKolkhorst provided reassuring comments about vertical integration among PBMs. “We’ve been trying to get after this for quite some time,” she said. “We’re going to be really successful this next session.” #PBMReform

One person in the trenches with school districts right is projecting 60 PERCENT of ISDs may be dealing with deficit budgets next year. The response can't be -- they're spending too much! -- because when you have THAT MANY, something is structurally wrong. #txlege #txed

🚨BIG news for America’s farm economy!🚨 📈 Farmer sentiment is on the rise. @POTUS Trump's trade and economic policy is working for rural America and our farmers are feeling it. The Ag Economy Barometer increased from 116 to 127 month over month ✅ Current Conditions Index: up 6 points 🚀 Future Expectations Index: up 14 points 🇺🇸 Growing optimism: more farmers say the country is headed in the “right direction” 🚜 Confidence in the future: more expect farmland values to increase over the next 5 years Our work is ongoing—input costs remain too high, consolidation too extreme, and too much foreign-owned farmland. But our farmers know President Trump is doing everything he can to reverse the trend of offshoring our food supply. We will make farming GREAT AGAIN! 🇺🇸🇺🇸 ag.purdue.edu/commercialag/a…

"What gets measured gets fixed" is a phrase I'm well known for in the Texas Senate, and it's at the heart of education reforms passed in HB 8 that measure our future students' success. House Pub Ed Chair @BradBuckleyDVM and I passed his HB 8 to prepare students for real-world achievement with a system that measures student growth. HB 8 replaces the STAAR with 3 shorter tests: beginning, middle, and end of the year. BOY and MOY scores are back in 48 hours, so teachers can give students immediate feedback! A-F accountability ratings were restored, and "lawfare" trying to block accountability was STOPPED as Texas must have a public accountability system year to year! The reforms give valuable time back to teachers and students in Texas classrooms. Fall 2027 can’t come fast enough for me as HB 8 is a win, win, win for all in Texas Public Education! 🤘 #txed #txlege

Texas is home to the second-largest public school system in the U.S., with 5.5 million students, 9,113 schools, and 1,202 districts. And now, for the first time, all of that data is in one place, easy to find and easy to understand. We've partnered with The @TexasTribune on the updated Texas Public School Explorer, which gives parents, educators, community members, and policymakers the clearest view yet of how Texas public schools are performing, who they serve, and how they're funded. Search your school or district to explore enrollment trends, demographics, teacher experience, pay, and outcomes: schools.texastribune.org #TxEd #TexasPublicSchoolExplorer #TexasPublicSchools #TexasISD

NEW: @txcomptroller says only low & middle income students w/ disabilities & low income students to receive tax dollars to attend private schools. Nearly 250,000 students eligible for TEFA program. @realmitchlittle & @johnbryantfortx discuss. cbsnews.com/texas/news/tex… @CBSNewsTexas