In a letter to Texas Insurance Commissioner Amanda Crawford regarding the governor's directive to find solutions to the insurance cost-of-living crisis, TTLA President-Elect Craig Eiland urged the Texas Insurance Commissioner to clamp down on fraudulent claims handling by insurance companies.
"In light of recent court filings and news reports, I specifically suggest that the Department conduct a thorough investigation into fraudulent insurance claims handling practices, including the use of artificial intelligence to override human judgment."
Eiland, who has decades of experience on insurance-related matters, offered to serve on the Insurance Fraud Task Force created by the governor's directive.
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The attached letter, signed by 46 Republicans and will likely grow over time, makes it clear the only way Speaker Dade Phelan, who doubled down on appointing Democrat Chairs in his recent campaign, can be re-elected Speaker is by a handful of a small minority of Republicans and a huge majority of Democrats. That would be a kick in the teeth to Texans who elected an overwhelming Republican House majority. Phelan would hand over power to the opposition because they would hold his fate as Speaker, "do what we say, or you are out." For two sessions, Phelan killed, weakened, or never gave conservative bills a hearing if the Democrats didn't want them to pass.
When I became Lieutenant Governor in 2015, I removed all but one Democrat Chair from the Senate. Now, we have no Democrat Chairs in the Senate. We reset the rules to stop Democrats from blocking conservative legislation. We still work across the aisle when we can. For example, the 100k homestead exemption, which Phelan tried to kill several times, passed 31-0 in the Senate. Still, we don't give Democrats the power to stop conservative legislation as Phelan does in the House. That's why we are the most conservative Senate in Texas history.
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State and federal health officials should work together to quickly implement #HB133 for six months of health coverage after childbirth.
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