Marjan Linnell
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“Texas already has a shortage of primary care,”
Marjan Linnell · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-14
Linnell warned that actions like Paxton's investigations could worsen Texas's existing shortage of primary care.
“If you’re going to be potentially threatened with a lawsuit that could close your business down, it’s yet another reason for people to not go into primary care.”
Marjan Linnell · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-14
Linnell said the threat of lawsuits could deter people from entering primary care.
“Vaccines are expensive, but they’re worth it. They are one of the best studied, safest things that we can do to keep kids in their communities, playing, going to school.”
Marjan Linnell · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-14
Linnell said vaccines are expensive but worth it, calling them among the best studied and safest things pediatricians can do for children.
“in some cases, we barely break even”
Marjan Linnell · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-14
Linnell said that in some cases pediatricians barely break even on vaccines.
“If you have a fear that you’re going to have to spend a bunch of money – potentially stop your practice or really take a financial hit, having to defend a lawsuit – then it could be conceivable that you won’t be able to offer children vaccines,”
Marjan Linnell · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-14
Linnell expressed concern that fear of legal costs could lead some practices to stop offering vaccines.
“Threats like this just feed into this fear,”
Marjan Linnell · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-14
Linnell said threats like Paxton's investigations feed into existing fear around vaccination.
“All of those vaccines, our clinic had to pay out of pocket to replace,”
Marjan Linnell · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-14
Linnell recounted how her clinic had to pay out of pocket to replace vaccines lost during a five-day freeze.
“It’s not something we would do if we didn’t think they were so critically important and so safe.”
Marjan Linnell · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-14
Linnell said pediatricians would not administer vaccines if they did not consider them critically important and safe.