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• Restoring funding to family medicine residency programs a top priority for TAFP in the 86th Lege

  Tags: 86 lege, family practice residency program, Kelsey-Seybold Family Medicine Residency Program, TAFP, Jonathan Nelson

  Wednesday, January 23, 2019 3:38:00 PM

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  By Jonathan Nelson

  We’re well into the third week of the Texas Legislature and now that the opening ceremonies are out of the way, lawmakers are beginning to get down to business. Both the House and the Senate have released their proposed budgets for the coming biennium, and both have announced committee assignments. Now the real work begins.

  This session TAFP aims to fight for the restoration of funding for our family medicine residency programs to help address the increasing shortage of primary care physicians practicing in the state.

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