We envision a world where every physician is an advocate for achieving universal and sustainable healthcare coverage for all. In Texas, we want to shape the legislative dialogue about expanding access to healthcare for the more than 760,000 low-income Texans in the “coverage gap” due to the failure of the State to expand Medicaid.
Collaboration is key. We work closely with our allies to fight for a more just and cost-effective healthcare system in Texas.
TDSR will continue to develop long-term partnerships with community and State stakeholders to eventually move from our current focus on access to healthcare issues to address a range of social, economic, political, and environmental factors that affect health and the well-being of Texans. The development of the Advisory Board is a good first step in this direction.
TDSR strives to develop an effective advocacy strategy which will help legislators and their constituents learn and understand how current healthcare policies affect our community and most vulnerable low-income Texans. This will empower constituents to ask their representatives to support and or sponsor legislation which will improve the status of access to healthcare including the expansion of healthcare insurance through Medicaid.
We are working on developing a 5-year growth plan as a membership organization. Our target population are medical professionals, students, and advocates for access to healthcare and social justice. We are also looking for, recruiting and nourishing the activists of the future which will keep this organization alive and thriving to continue its mission.
We need your dobations to develop organizational capacity which will allow us to have an effective fund-raising structure through marketing. We also need your help in providing content for our website. If you see an article or write a blog or a commentary of interest for our members and medical professionals please send it to me, and I’ll forward it to our webmaster for inclusion in our website. We are also learning the use social media to maximize the exposure to our message and brand.
Juan Flores
Health Care Policy and Hispanic Socioeconomic and Health Issues Expert
Evelyn Delgado
President and Executive Director of Healthy Futures of Texas
Erica Salinas
Engineer
Chris Yanas
Methodist Healthcare Ministries
Lauren Geraghty
Communities in Schools
Marisa Bono
Every Texan
Rodolfo M. Urby, MD
Bridging Whole Health
Elizabeth Lutz
Health Collaborative
Carlos Roberto Jaen, MD
Family Practice
Junda Woo, MD, MPH
Medical Director at the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
Texas Doctors for Social Responsibility is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
Our mission is to lead physicians and local communities as they advocate for a more just and cost-effective healthcare in the state of Texas.
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