1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,640 Hi, I'm Dale Frey, and I'm running for the Texas 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:04,960 State House of Representatives for HD 106, which is east 3 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:06,400 side Denton County, Texas. 4 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:08,400 So if you live in this green area here, I'm 5 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:09,440 one of your candidates. 6 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:11,440 There are many reasons I'm running for office, but the 7 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:13,200 one that's more personal to me is our broken health 8 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:13,680 care system. 9 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:15,920 See, I've done that 23 meat blood test exam out 10 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:16,880 of curiosity and fun. 11 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:18,320 Never expected to come back and tell me that I'm 12 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:20,480 genetically enabled to get Alzheimer's when I get older. 13 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:21,920 And I come to find out it runs on both 14 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:22,880 sides of my family. 15 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:24,800 I find this out right around the same time I 16 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:27,680 befriend someone named Kennette, someone who owns her own LLC. 17 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:29,920 She has a healthcare provider, one for assisted living. 18 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:31,760 So she would take care of people who have Alzheimer's 19 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:33,200 and dementia and things like that. 20 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,280 She comes to tell me that she's about to go 21 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:38,480 out of business unless she drops her Medicaid recipients. 22 00:00:38,480 --> 00:00:40,640 Because Medicaid is not paying enough to their healthcare providers 23 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:41,840 as demonstrated here. 24 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:46,720 Requesting from ISP getting bad dress, B rural, hair care, 25 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:51,920 poultry, transportation cleaning, export shopping, transportation 24 hours now 26 00:00:52,160 --> 00:00:54,320 on $20 for kids. 27 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:56,800 And that is happening to our medical facilities here in 28 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:57,280 Texas. 29 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:59,120 Texas, one of the few states in the country that 30 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:02,560 has opted out of the Medicaid expansion program, which is 31 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:03,280 insane. 32 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,960 So we spend our federal taxpayer dollars, and we Texans 33 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:10,400 are paying for medical programs in California and New Jersey, 34 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:12,720 but we do not get that money back here. 35 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:14,960 We have to fix this broken system, folks. 36 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:17,440 I have seen firsthand the personal effects of this on 37 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:18,720 friends and family. 38 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:20,640 You see, the reason I moved down to Texas is 39 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:22,800 not just because my wife pulled me down here, she's 40 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:25,200 a multi-gen native Texan, but because she wanted to be 41 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:27,280 closer with her father as he battled cancer in the 42 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:28,160 later years of his life. 43 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:30,960 Now, my father in law, Francisco Hernandez, he made very 44 00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:33,680 little money as a retired school teacher, as is unfortunately 45 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:35,440 the case with most school teachers in the state of 46 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:36,000 Texas. 47 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:37,840 And I tell you, it was real difficult to get 48 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:40,320 through all those medical treatments with a very minimal amount 49 00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:42,880 of support from Medicaid in the teacher's retirement. 50 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:44,560 It was a real tough time for our family, because 51 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:46,960 here in Texas, school teachers are not paid enough, they're 52 00:01:46,960 --> 00:01:49,520 not paid enough into retirement, and our Medicaid system is 53 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:50,560 completely broken. 54 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:52,800 We have to send better leadership to Austin. 55 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:54,560 And we need to send somebody with the experience to 56 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:55,520 do the job right. 57 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,000 Look, I'm gonna be honest and candid with you. 58 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,480 Neither myself nor does my primary challenger have experience running 59 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:04,040 against our Republican incumbent Jared Patterson. 60 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:06,360 Only Jennifer and Ramona Thomas does. 61 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,840 But what I do have is years, my entire career 62 00:02:08,920 --> 00:02:10,200 of working with the government. 63 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:11,880 My first job at a college is working at the 64 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,680 headquarters of the Department of Education in Washington, DC. 65 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,240 I work for the General Services Administration in DC for 66 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:19,560 years, and now currently I work in support of the 67 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:19,880 U.S. 68 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,400 Geological Survey and NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 69 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,440 where I supply support to climate scientists who report on 70 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,840 the effects of climate change on our economy. 71 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:31,240 Look, I only bring this up because you're going to 72 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:34,280 see other candidates and politicians claim that they care about 73 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,240 the education department or they're so knowledgeable on climate change. 74 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,480 And anyone can say these mouth words, but there's a 75 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,440 difference between that and having actual experience in the field 76 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:43,400 like I do. 77 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:45,480 But I digress, as if you've gotten this far into 78 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:47,240 this video, then I've probably taken enough of your time 79 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:47,720 as it is. 80 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:51,080 So head over to Freyfortex.com to learn more about me. 81 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:52,920 I try to be very active on social media. 82 00:02:52,920 --> 00:02:55,480 I constantly make videos all the time describing my positions 83 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:57,400 on things, and I post those videos on my website 84 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:57,640 as well. 85 00:02:57,640 --> 00:03:00,680 So again, Freyfor Texas.com to learn more about me or 86 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:01,800 support my campaign. 87 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,400 Thank you for your time and God bless.