title: Medicine meets politics in the 72nd Texas Legislature.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ortolon
mesh_terms: D007883:Legislation, Medical; D013781:Texas