Texans for Affordable Healthcare

What Texans for Affordable Healthcare does

Texans for Affordable Healthcare (TAHC) is a Texas-based nonprofit advocacy coalition operating as a project of the American Coalition for Affordable HealthCare. Headquartered in Austin at the State Capitol, TAHC positions itself as an independent, non-partisan voice for Texas families and businesses advocating for market-based healthcare policies, hospital price transparency, opposition to government mandates, and protection of employer-sponsored health insurance. The coalition is led by Executive Director Annie Spilman, who was appointed on October 23, 2024 after serving as State Director of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), replacing outgoing director Mia Garza McCord.

TAHC's offering consists of five issue-specific advocacy campaigns (Transparency in Healthcare Mandates, Stop Unfair Facility Fees, Protect Employer-Sponsored Healthcare, Help More Texans Get Covered, and Don't Raise Texans' Healthcare Costs) plus two grassroots engagement programs: a "Join Our Coalition" membership track and a "Share Your Story" platform that collects constituent healthcare cost experiences. The underlying technology is a Squarespace-hosted website with email/newsletter distribution, organic social media, content/news publishing, and a contact-your-lawmaker advocacy tool. There are no proprietary software products, APIs, or AI/ML capabilities; the digital stack is off-the-shelf advocacy tooling rather than a developed technology platform.

The business model is donor and partner-supported nonprofit advocacy rather than product revenue. TAHC does not disclose revenue, pricing, or funding. Scale is measured in advocacy outcomes rather than financial metrics: over 30,000 Texas advocates, 15,000+ constituent lawmaker contacts during the 2023 legislative session, 19,000+ contacts during the 2025 session, and roughly 650,000 Texans reached through digital outreach in 2025. Quantifiable policy outcomes include the passage of SB 490 (itemized hospital billing) in 2023 and 22 of 35 TAHC-supported bills passing in 2025.

Name

Texans for Affordable Healthcare

Legal name

Texans for Affordable Healthcare

Website

https://texansforaffordablehealthcare.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Texans for Affordable Healthcare (TAHC) is a Texas-based nonprofit advocacy coalition that mobilizes families, businesses, and 30,000+ advocates to push market-based healthcare policies and oppose cost-driving government mandates at the state legislature.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Coalition Membership and Advocacy Support: Supported by private individuals and business partners. Thousands of Texans have signed up to be part of the coalition or used the platform to contact lawmakers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Texans for Affordable Healthcare (TAHC) is a nonprofit healthcare advocacy coalition that mobilizes Texas families and businesses to support market-based policies that lower healthcare and prescription drug costs. Its core offering consists of issue-specific advocacy campaigns, a coalition membership program, a constituent story-sharing tool, and a grassroots contact-your-lawmaker platform that drives constituent engagement at the Texas State Capitol.

Product overview

Texans for Affordable Healthcare (TAHC) is a healthcare advocacy coalition, not a traditional software product company. TAHC operates as an independent, non-partisan advocacy organization providing a voice for Texas families and businesses on healthcare cost issues. Rather than a unified software platform, TAHC's offering consists of advocacy campaigns focused on specific healthcare policy issues: Transparency in Healthcare Mandates, Stop Unfair Facility Fees, Protect Employer-Sponsored Healthcare, Help More Texans Get Covered, and Don't Raise Texans' Healthcare Costs. TAHC also operates membership/coaltion programs including 'Join Our Coalition' for grassroots engagement and 'Share Your Story' for collecting constituent experiences to inform advocacy efforts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Join Our Coalition Free coalition membership program enabling Texas families and businesses to join TAHC and take action on healthcare cost issues through the organization's platform.
• Share Your Story Online platform for Texas residents to submit personal healthcare cost experiences that inform TAHC's legislative advocacy and policy positions.
• Contact Your Lawmaker Grassroots advocacy tool that lets coalition members email and call their Texas state representatives on TAHC's priority healthcare bills.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 15,000 constituent contacts to lawmakers during 2023 legislative session
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• American Coalition for Affordable HealthCarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTAHC is a project of the American Coalition for Affordable HealthCare, which provides organizational support and alignment for the Texas-focused advocacy efforts.
• University of Texas Health Science Center HoustoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProposed Health Insurance Mandate Advisory & Review Collaborative (HIMARC) at UT Health Science Center Houston would provide data-based analysis of proposed legislation to help lawmakers make informed decisions about healthcare policy costs.
• Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute (TCCRI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTAHC participates in TCCRI Health Care Policy Summit panels to discuss access, affordability, and transparency issues alongside legislators and industry representatives.
• Texans for Health Care AccesscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition working to lift delegation requirements for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) to increase access to care in rural and underserved Texas communities.
• Baselice & AssociatesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTexas premier polling firm commissioned to conduct survey research on voter attitudes toward healthcare costs, pharmaceutical companies, and government mandates.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Texas Hospital Association: Represents Texas hospitals and health systems at the state capitol. A key institutional counterweight on TAHC's price transparency and facility fee campaigns but comparable as a healthcare policy advocacy organization.
• Texas Medical Association: Largest physician advocacy organization in Texas and a major healthcare lobby at the state capitol. Represents an opposing force on many issues but is comparable as a healthcare policy advocacy organization operating at the same legislative venue.

Direct peers

• National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Texas: Small business advocacy organization active at the Texas Capitol where Annie Spilman previously served as State Director. Overlaps with TAHC's small business employer-sponsored coverage and regulatory relief agenda.
• Small Business Majority: Small business advocacy organization that engages on healthcare costs and coverage options for entrepreneurs and employees. Comparable in mission (small business vs. healthcare costs) and target constituency.
• Patients Rights Advocate Foundation: Nonprofit focused on healthcare price transparency and hospital pricing reform. Closely matches TAHC's 'Transparency in Healthcare Mandates' and 'Stop Unfair Facility Fees' campaigns in target issue area.
• Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute (TCCRI): Public policy research organization that TAHC works with on healthcare policy summits. Comparable as a Texas-focused policy research and advocacy organization with overlapping ideological positioning.
• Healthcare Value Hub: Consumer-focused research and advocacy organization on healthcare affordability and transparency. Comparable in advocacy focus on price transparency, consumerism, and consumer protection in healthcare markets.
• Texans for Health Care Access: A coalition with which TAHC partners to lift APRN delegation requirements in rural Texas. Directly comparable as a healthcare access advocacy coalition active at the Texas Capitol with overlapping membership networks.

Emerging players

• Catalyst for Payment Reform: Independent nonprofit that works on healthcare cost and quality issues via purchaser-side advocacy. Comparable as a nonpartisan healthcare cost advocacy organization with research and convening functions similar to TAHC's HIMARC initiative.

Others

• American Coalition for Affordable HealthCare: Parent organization of TAHC focused on national healthcare cost advocacy. Most directly comparable given shared mission, donor base, and policy positions; allows TAHC to leverage national infrastructure for state-level campaigns.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TexanHealthCare
• Facebookfacebook.com/TexanHealthCare
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/texans-for-affordable-healthcare

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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