Medicine meets politics in the 72nd Texas Legislature
Ortolon, K.
Texas Medicine 87(1): 36-42
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0040-4470 PMID: 1998156 Document Number: 379913
Experts predict that legislative redistricting and budget stretching will dominate the 72nd session of the Texas Legislature, convening January 8 in Austin. In the midst of those debates, Texas physicians will mount an all-out effort to push health-related issues to the top of the lawmakers' agenda. Most important among those issues is restoring access to health care and health insurance. Here's a look at what happens when medicine meets politics.