It deserved passage.Money designated for hospital trauma centers from the Driver Responsibility Program fines continues to be diverted for other uses.

Smoking restrictions and excise taxes are the most effective means of decreasing smoking rates.

The House passed an exception-laden ban in 2007 that deserved its legislative death.This hoary practice bills patients treated by physicians outside their insurers network for the portion the insurance company wont pay.

Lawmakers in 2007 passed requirements for disclosure of non-network practitioners, but they need to go further.The the state demographer reports Texas will need at least 40,000 new doctors by 2025 because of physician retirements and population growth.

Trauma centers are only getting about half of the fines proceeds.Cigarette smoking and obesity are the two most preventable causes of chronic disease and death.

The Task Force on Access to Health Care in Texas recommends increasing the number of medical school...

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