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Issue Position: Improving Health Care

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2012
Issues: Health and Health Care

I want better health care options that are more affordable and accessible; for individuals, families and the elderly. They took care of us, now it's our turn to take care of them.

I intend to work with the governor on a plan that would tap into two existing state programs -- the Texas Enterprise Fund and the Texas Emerging Technology Fund -- to help pay for the construction of a Veterans Affairs Hospital in the Valley.

I want to expand health care coverage for South Texans by making it easier for thousands of Valley families and individuals to protect their families by expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and improving access to Medicaid.

I want to secure state funding for the planned University of Texas Health Science Center -- South Texas, which will include a medical school for the region.


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