Texans are Among the Biggest Winners in Last Night’s Vote for Historic Health Care Reform
With more than one in four Texans currently lacking health care insurance and runaway premiums adding daily to that 6.1 million count, relief cannot not come too soon for our overburdened health care system. In addition to providing new economic security to millions of Texas families, the national health reform bill will also bring billions of dollars back to Texas each year through health insurance tax credits for middle class and low-income Texans, and Medicaid coverage for our poorest citizens.
Our state leadership should move promptly and in good faith to facilitate the implementation of health insurance reforms. Texans can look to the establishment of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and our response to Hurricane Ike as recent examples of the excellent performance of which our state government is capable when it has the backing of leadership.
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Thank you Ms Dunkelberg for a prompt, principled, factual response on a particular effect of health reform on Texas. I am hopeful that a fully informed, reasoned discussion may become the norm in my home state instead of the unconscionable ‘tell the feds to leave us alone’ (while we fail our own citizens) response of the Perry administration.
Cynthia Griffin
Portland Oregon
Yes, it is unfortunate that suffering exists. Also unfortunate is that goods and services have a cost. But in commerce you trade value for value (otherwise it’s stealing). So if we’re getting all these services that we didn’t have before, what’s it costing us? There is no free lunch. Many or all of this bill’s supporters are ignoring this fact either by ignorance or naivete. Make no mistake about it, when perceived cost goes to zero, demand goes to infiintiy. These are basic laws of the universe that have existed from the beginning of time. History provides much evidence, but we’re ignoring that too.