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Texas Physicians Endorse Rep. John Davis for Reelection to Texas House District 129
| For Immediate Release: Jan. 29, 2008 | |
| Contacts: | |
| Pam Udall: (512) 370-1382; Cell: 413-6807; e-mail: pam.udall@texmed.org | |
| Brent Annear: (512) 370-1381; Cell: (512) 656-7320; e-mail: brent.annear@texmed.org | |
| TEXPAC Contact: David Reynolds (512) 370-1365; e-mail: david.reynolds@texmed.org | |
AUSTIN – TEXPAC, the political advocacy arm of the Texas Medical Association (TMA), has endorsed Rep. John Davis for reelection to Texas House District 129. TMA is Texas’ largest physician organization.
“Representative Davis is a powerful champion in the Texas Legislature for patients and physicians,” said Manual Acosta, MD, chair of the TMA Political Action Committee (TEXPAC) Board of Directors. “His leadership ensures that hard-earned tax dollars are spent appropriately and wisely.”
Representative Davis used his position on both the House Appropriations and Human Services committees in 2007 to make fiscally sound decisions. He clearly understood that taxpayers pay a huge price tag when uninsured patients, especially children, cannot get medical care in a doctor’s office. Without ongoing and preventive health care, uninsured children end up in expensive emergency rooms with even more severe and costly illnesses.
“We look forward to working with Representative Davis again to improve the health care of all Texans,” added Dr. Acosta.
TEXPAC speaks on behalf of more than 43,000 Texas physicians and medical students, and nearly 8,000 alliance members. Organized in 1962, TEXPAC is one of the oldest political action committees in Texas. TEXPAC also is one of the largest bipartisan PACs in the state and ranks first in size among other state medical association PACs.
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