Jim Turner
Jim Turner
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The Fletcher bill...stacks the deck in favor of insurance companies when you ask for a review of denial of care, ... It does not prohibit insurance companies from using financial incentives to penalize your doctor for authorizing care. The insurance companies may like the Fletcher bill, but doctors and patients don't.
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We went from 500 Medicare members to 2 Medicare members.
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There should be no disruption with the contracts with current CHA employer groups and the providers in their network.
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There's no question that the federal government is failing to do the job. It's going to take some courageous leadership to deal realistically with the scope of the problem.
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Many winter visitors began coming here because of the train.
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Since its enactment, insurance premiums in Texas have risen at less than half the national average,
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Number one, he's got the most experience. Number two, he's the best athlete we have up front. He's a converted defensive lineman. From the get-go, guys aren't playing on the offensive line because they're better athletes.
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The best bill, the Norwood-Dingell bill, is endorsed by the American Medical Association and by every state medical society and by hundreds of medical providers and patient organizations,
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It's certainly something to think about when my party chairman took so firm of a stand.
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It really brought a new style of living to the Southwest.
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It raises our profile all around the state.
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It is absolutely unconscionable for us -- knowing we have a vaccine that is safe and effective and we know we have this deadly threat -- if we didn't provide that. We are doing the right thing.
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We know refineries are vulnerable, and we must do all we can to make them as safe as they can be from terrorism, ... We must move faster and stronger to protect critical infrastructure in Texas and across America.