April 29, 2015      10:02 AM
Doctors groups share concerns with budget conferees
In letter a letter from TMA and others, doctors ask conferees to focus on a healthier Texas
As
House
and Senate
budget conferees get down to the real work of negotiating what will ultimately
be the state’s two-year spending plan, they heard late Tuesday from groups
representing nearly 50,000 doctors who are concerned about several big ticket
items.
Those
concerns were expressed in a letter signed by the Texas Medical Association,
the Texas
Pediatric Society Texas Academy of Family Physicians, the Texas
Chapter of the American College of Physicians Services, the American
Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Texas Chapter, the Texas
Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the Federation
of Texas Psychiatry.
"Of
primary importance to physicians is ensuring our patients have access to
effective, timely, and high quality health care — the same goals we know you
share," the groups wrote and then outlined recommendations they said would
help "ensure Texas remains an economically prosperous and competitive
place to do business."
By Scott Braddock
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