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Texas Physicians Endorse Rep. Delwin Jones for Reelection to Texas House District 83
| For Immediate Release: Feb. 22, 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. Delwin Jones for reelection to Texas House District 83. TMA is Texas' largest physician organization.
"Representative Jones is a recognized leader and proven champion of the issues that matter most to Texas physicians and their patients," said Manuel Acosta, MD, chair of the TMA Political Action Committee (TEXPAC) Board of Directors. "He worked hard during the 2007 legislative session to ensure rural patients and uninsured children had access to important health care services."
Representative Jones helped stop the epidemic of lawsuit abuse that was sweeping the state, and now his constituents - Texas patients - are reaping the benefits as more physicians open practices in the Texas panhandle. Representative Jones has pledged to keep the 2003 health care liability reforms intact.
"He actively listens to his constituents and works hard on their behalf to improve Texas' health care system. We look forward to working with Representative Jones again," 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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