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| We need to BURN whatever Bible these Conservative idiots are getting their values from because it certainly isn't of Christ
AUSTIN, Texas, May 26 (Reuters) - The Republican-majority Texas House and Senate on Sunday sent Governor Rick Perry a proposal to prevent the state from expanding its Medicaid program as outlined by President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law.
Perry, a Republican, notified the Obama administration last summer his state would not expand Medicaid, which provides healthcare for low-income people. He repeated his opposition in an April news conference at which he called expansion "foolish." The proposal, an amendment to a Medicaid-related bill, says state health officials "may only provide medical assistance to a person who would have been otherwise eligible for medical assistance or for whom federal matching funds were available under the eligibility criteria for medical assistance in effect on December 31, 2013." The House had tacked on the amendment after the Senate had passed a version of the bill without the amendment. Members of both chambers met to work out differences in the legislation. That House-Senate conference committee chose to keep the amendment, although its members tweaked the language to prevent unintended consequences, said the bill's author, Republican Senator Jane Nelson. "This prevents the expansion of Medicaid," she said in a statement. Republican Representative Jeff Leach, the author of the amendment, has said Medicaid expansion is too big of a decision to be made without lawmakers' input. Last June, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Obama's healthcare overhaul but allowed states to opt out of a provision expanding the Medicaid program. Since then, 26 governors have indicated support for Medicaid expansion, according to the Advisory Board Company, a consulting firm that is tracking the issue. Democrats have called on Perry to drop his opposition to expanding Medicaid in the state, which has the nation's highest percentage of uninsured people. About 24 percent of Texans are uninsured. The biennial legislative session is set to end on Monday. Someone please help me understand this type of Conservative Christianity because for the life of me Conservatives don't seem to hold any of the values Jesus Christ espoused. To fight to keep the sick, sick just doesn't seem Christian to me. These people, the uninsured, do not count to the GOP. They are poor, they are uneducated, they are NOT WHITE, and they live in the inner cities and the urban areas. And they are the unlucky. Texas prides itself on its deep Christian roots. What does St. Luke have to say about those who are blessed by God... Blessed are you who are poor for yours is the Kingdom of God. Who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. You who weep now, for you will laugh. When people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of man. And then there is this.. Woe to you...: ...who are rich, for you have already received your comfort....who are well fed now, for you will go hungry....who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep....when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets. |
Texas, The State With the Highest Percentage of Uninsured, Passes Measure to Stop Medicaid Expansion
