A Central Texas pediatrician who has run her practice for 20 years has spent nearly $15,000 in legal fees answering a demand from Attorney General Ken Paxton's office for a decade of vaccine purchase records, The New York Times reported on Oct. 5. The demand is part of a state investigation alleging that pediatricians, insurers, and drugmakers use financial incentives to push childhood vaccines. No charges have been filed, and none of the allegations have been proven.
For Texas parents, the concern is practical. Families want to know whether their child's doctor will keep offering routine shots and whether checkup advice can be trusted. The investigation itself does not change which vaccines pediatric offices stock or what Texas schools require for enrollment.
