Penelope
Diamond Member
- Jul 15, 2014
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Its not just an abortion clinic, they do other things, pap smears. I see no reason for separate VA's, they should be able to go where ever after their acute care and or special rehab.
I don't care about Texas, I don't live there or in any of the states that would rather their tax payers foot the bill.
Travis County residents, for instance, are paying for Jeff Kehoe to see the doctor for his high blood pressure and asthma.
Kehoe, a part-time event coordinator who hasn't had insurance since 2006, goes to People's Community Clinic for his primary care. When he can afford it, the Austin resident pays up to $30 for an office visit.
The rest is picked up by taxpayers and donors.
The Travis County Healthcare District pays the clinic $133 for each visit by a patient whose income is below 200% of the poverty line. And the district gets its funding from property owners, who last year forked over $79 for every $100,000 of home value. The rate has been on the rise for the past four years.
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"I will not be party to socializing healthcare and bankrupting my state in direct contradiction to our Constitution and our founding principles of limited government," Perry said in a statement rejecting the expansion. (sounds a little vain to me, contradiction of our constitution and limited gov.)
Under the Affordable Care Act, the federal government will pay the full cost of the Medicaid expansion for three years. After that, the funding will phase down to 90%.
That will hit Texas, which has the highest share of uninsured in the nation. The expansion in Medicaid is expected to cost about $1.3 billion through fiscal 2017, according to the state Health and Human Services Commission.
While Perry's decision will spare the state the additional cost, the burden of covering the uninsured will still be borne in part by residents. Most of Texas' larger urban areas have public health districts like the one in Travis County that help pay for the uninsured.
Who covers health care for Texas' uninsured? Taxpayers
I don't care about Texas, I don't live there or in any of the states that would rather their tax payers foot the bill.
Travis County residents, for instance, are paying for Jeff Kehoe to see the doctor for his high blood pressure and asthma.
Kehoe, a part-time event coordinator who hasn't had insurance since 2006, goes to People's Community Clinic for his primary care. When he can afford it, the Austin resident pays up to $30 for an office visit.
The rest is picked up by taxpayers and donors.
The Travis County Healthcare District pays the clinic $133 for each visit by a patient whose income is below 200% of the poverty line. And the district gets its funding from property owners, who last year forked over $79 for every $100,000 of home value. The rate has been on the rise for the past four years.
(snip)
"I will not be party to socializing healthcare and bankrupting my state in direct contradiction to our Constitution and our founding principles of limited government," Perry said in a statement rejecting the expansion. (sounds a little vain to me, contradiction of our constitution and limited gov.)
Under the Affordable Care Act, the federal government will pay the full cost of the Medicaid expansion for three years. After that, the funding will phase down to 90%.
That will hit Texas, which has the highest share of uninsured in the nation. The expansion in Medicaid is expected to cost about $1.3 billion through fiscal 2017, according to the state Health and Human Services Commission.
While Perry's decision will spare the state the additional cost, the burden of covering the uninsured will still be borne in part by residents. Most of Texas' larger urban areas have public health districts like the one in Travis County that help pay for the uninsured.
Who covers health care for Texas' uninsured? Taxpayers
