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205.009D Block Grants

205.009D

205.009Block Grants: The Texas Medical Association supports the block grant concept of allocating federal dollars to states, including continued funding of emergency medical service programs. Any effort to move funds from health-related block grants into social services block grants should be opposed (Council on Medical Education, p 89, A-94; deleted CPH Rep. 3-A-04).

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October 07, 2016

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Texas Medicine 

The way the Texas Legislature conducts business during the 2021 session may look different due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the Texas Medical Association’s commitment to improving health care remains the same. Some of those goals are up against deep cuts to state agency budgets. At the same time, however, the pandemic has created opportunities for medicine to bend lawmakers’ ear on some of its longstanding goals, including advancing access to care, vaccines, health coverage, and telemedicine. Plus, physicians have proven ways to respond to patients’ COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. 

 

 

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