Secular Café: Rick Perry says Texas will not implement the Affordable Health Care Act requirements

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Rick Perry says Texas will not implement the Affordable Health Care Act requirements Jul 11th 2012, 01:47 Quote: Rick Perry To 6.5 Million Texans With No Healthcare-You're On Your Own Texas Governor Rick Perry has, today, sent a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius telling her—in no uncertain terms—what she can do with Obamacare. The missive comes as 6.2 million Texans—one quarter of the entire population of the state—continue to live without any healthcare coverage whatsoever. This from Perry's letter to Sebelius— If anyone was in doubt, we in Texas have no intention to implement so-called state exchanges or to expand Medicaid under Obamacare. I will not be party to socializing health care and bankrupting my state in direct contradiction to our Constitution and our founding principles of limited government. I stand proudly with the growing chorus of governors who reject the Obamacare power grab. Neither a 'state' exchange nor the expansion of Medicaid under this program would result in better 'patient protection' or in more 'affordable care.' They would only make Texas a mere appendage of the federal government when it comes to health care. If there was any question as to where Macho Man Perry's true interests lie—that being with the extreme right wing of a political party that refuses to criticize or hold to account its leaders who thumb their noses at the rule of law—the Governor pretty much puts it right out there when suggesting that that the expansion of Medicaid in his state would not result in more affordable care or better patient protection for Texans. .... http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickunga...e-on-your-own/

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