Insurance Reform

With almost 6 million Texans uninsured, the pressure on our hospitals is causing severe strain on our counties which in turn causes more and more of our property tax dollars to be diverted from building and maintaining infrastructure. Because of partisan politics and rhetoric, we have created one of the most inefficient health care systems in the world. By removing ideological blinders, we can create a more robust system that allows us to create a better health care system that doesn’t cost as much, removing inefficiencies that have kept millions of Texans from the health care they need.

Additionally, Texas has the highest rates for homeowner’s insurance in the country, fostered in no small part by the fact that Governor Perry likes to appoint those from the industry to the regulatory board that oversees the industry. I vow to end appointments of insurance industry lobbyists to the Texas Department of Insurance. I also promise to work with the Legislature to overhaul this moribund agency.