Love discusses healthcare reform “rhetoric” in DMN

07/06/2015

In Mitchell Schnurman’s business column in Sunday’s The Dallas Morning News, DFW Hospital Council President/CEO W. Stephen Love commented on healthcare reform in Texas. The column detailed the startling numbers of uninsured residents in Texas and low enrollment numbers on Healthcare.gov. You can read the column here. A podcast accompanying the column is below.

The Golden Hour for Rural Hospitals is Running Out

05/15/2015

Blog by W. Stephen Love, President/CEO, DFW Hospital Council I grew up in rural Virginia. My hometown had less than 1,000 residents and we were thankful for our rural hospital. Rural hospitals today are generally classified into four categories, including Critical Access Hospital (CAH), Sole Community Hospital (SCH), Medicare-Dependent Hospital (MDH) and Rural Referral Center (RRC). With fiscal cliffs and … Read More

Texas battle on Medicaid reform heats up

03/03/2015

With Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick joining 20 Republican state senators in Austin on Monday to announce mandates the Obama administration must meet before lawmakers will consider doing anything with Medicaid, it appears expansion is not even a consideration. DFW Hospital Council President/CEO Steve Love offers his views in this morning’s D Healthcare Daily story. You can read the full article … Read More

Love’s editorial runs in FW Star-Telegram

02/16/2015

In a guest editorial posted in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Saturday, W. Stephen Love discussed the possibility of the collapse of the Affordable Care Act. “In June, the eyes of Texas will be upon the U.S. Supreme Court as it decides the King v. Burwell case,” Love wrote. “We should all be concerned about the result of this lawsuit. … Read More

DFWHC supports strongly-worded amicus brief*

02/06/2015

In a story posted this morning in D Healthcare Daily, the DFW Hospital Council and its President/CEO W. Stephen Love came out in support of the American Hospital Association’s strongly-worded amicus brief urging that the U.S. Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of federal subsidies provided to lower and middle-income Americans through the Affordable Care Act. “This court case could undermine … Read More

Preserving Access to Affordable Healthcare

01/26/2015

Without healthy workers, there is no thriving economy. Access to health insurance for everyone is crucial because it improves the worker’s health and finances, all contributing to our economy. The upcoming Supreme Court decision (King v. Burwell) in June will determine whether the Affordable Care Act will allow subsidies to continue to flow to federally-facilitated health insurance marketplace exchanges. These … Read More

Love comments on impact of elections

11/06/2014

In an article posted today by The Dallas Business Journal “Here’s What the GOP Landslide Means for Obamacare,” W. Stephen Love, president/CEO of the DFW Hospital Council, offered his comments on the recent elections. The story was penned by Bill Hethcock. You can read the article here.

The Economic Paradox of Texas Healthcare

08/26/2014

It has been reported many times how strong the Texas economy is. But how strong is Texas healthcare? We are blessed in Texas to rank 15th in the nation with an unemployment rate of 5.1 percent. We also created more than 1.9 million jobs over the last decade and would be the 13th largest economy in the world if Texas … Read More

Love quoted in D Healthcare Daily lead story

08/08/2014

In a story this morning in D Healthcare Daily on the new Gallup-Healthways poll detailing the U.S. uninsured rate, an editorial by Steve Love, the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council’s president/CEO, was quoted due to its support of the Affordable Care Act. Love’s editorial posted Feb. 11, 2014 and titled “A Texas Solution,” proposed a bipartisan, cooperative approach to implement a … Read More