In SD-10 Race, Health Care Debate is Front and Center
For a race that encapsulates Texas’ raging health care debates, look no further than Senate District 10 in Fort Worth — the matchup between incumbent Democrat Wendy Davis and her challenger, Republican state Rep. Mark Shelton.
Shelton, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Cook Children’s Hospital, wants to repeal federal health reform (“this is about government-run health care versus patient-centered health care”), prevent a Medicaid expansion (“it affects access to care”) and keep Planned Parenthood far away from state-subsidized women’s health care.
“Everyone is for women’s health,” Shelton said. Planned Parenthood “is about taxpayer funding of abortions and ...
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Karen Spivey-Cummings via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I'll go with Wendy. What does trial lawyers have to do with anything since Texas passed tort reform.
Dorothy Spriggs via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I love the fact Wendy has both my health, and needs in mind as she fights the out of control system!
Susie Martinez-Dominguez via Texas Tribune on Facebook
That doctor should be ashamed.
Donna Rene Johnston via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Um, yeah. Lawyers practice law. In the Legislature, they read hundreds of bills that are all, you know, like all legally and stuff. So, yeah. There is that.
Sharon Cooper Morgan via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Unlike her opponent, Wendy is a voice of reason.
Jennifer White via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Holy crap! By the second paragraph my thoughts were, "I hope my kid never has that guy as his doctor. The guy's an uniformed conspiracy theorist who has NO business practicing medicine if he's THIS out of touch with reality".
gypsy314 ne
Tell them Mark Some people grow to expect everything to be handed to them free. Planned parenthoods should be funded by donations not tax payers money.
John Carhart via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Bullcrap from another far-right idealogue! Since the so-called "tort reform" has anyone seen lower rates in their medical costs? Have any doctors seen a lowering of their medical malpractice insurance premiums? If they have then why have we as consumers not benefited as well? I wish I lived in FW so I could vote for Wendy Davis! But I did the next best thing, I sent her a contribution. If you support our public schools I urge you to do the same!
Mike Openshaw via Texas Tribune on Facebook
John, what they have NOT seen is the massive increase being seen elsewhere in premiums. Doctors are fleeing other states to come to Texas.
Otherwise All other comments here are very generic. Let me ask you this; if you work in the private sector, what has happened to your insurance premiums after Obamacare passed? In the companies I know, they've gone up 40-60%.
Dr shelton works at Cook's and has NOTHING to be ashamed about- and certainly knows a TON more about the health care crisis then Sen. Davis ever dreamed of knowing.
Adele Roberson via Texas Tribune on Facebook
hopw about some docomentation. Mr. Opensahw, all you ever give us is "yu observations"
Adele Roberson via Texas Tribune on Facebook
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Mr. Santorum is putting you all on notice that if we do not join the Lunatic Fringe there is no future for this county. When this Jackass came to Texas he was hailed by thousands of people as the "New Messiah" The man who Texas really wanted to be President. See how low we have fallen??? Tea-Party is not a political organization... it is a disease.