Rick Perry: People Come To Texas For The Health Care
The fact of the matter is, Texas has has 16 Medicaid waivers, on par with other states its size and just last week received a thumbs up from the Obama administration “on a proposed overhaul of the Texas Medicaid program.” If the federal government grants its final approval, it will be Texas’ 17th Medicaid waiver. So the problem Texas faces isn’t one of flexibility — it’s the state’s unwillingness to expand its Medicaid program — despite escalating demand — the proliferation of low-income jobs and a relatively small rate of employer-based health care options — and a fairly high immigrant population. Meanwhile, eligibility rates remain narrow and Perry continues to undercut provider reimbursements, creating mass doctor shortages.
But of course, if Perry believes that the existing Medicaid program is hurting the state, he should be offering alternatives — something he has yet to do as a presidential candidate or governor. The fact of the matter is, for all the GOP’s talk of states as “laboratories of democracy” and innovation,
I can picture Perry's campaign handlers backstage just staring with their mouths open in disbelief that their candidate can flub even the most "GED" parts of a debate.
He should have just stopped at "Was it before he was before?" and gathered his thoughts but he just went downhill from there :lol
09-24-2011
LnGrrrR
Re: Perry comes out swinging.
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We need a President that believes in American exceptionalism again.
I believe America is exceptional. But I don't think that we are the "best hope for mankind", because that implies humanity is on the brink or something.
09-24-2011
TE
Re: Perry comes out swinging.
I'm embarrassed to be regarded as a human with a person like Rick Perry.
09-24-2011
mingus
Re: Perry comes out swinging.
I saw Perry failing from a mile away. Can't win only on looks and charisma. There's a reason he never enters these debates.
09-24-2011
baseline bum
Re: Perry comes out swinging.
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Originally Posted by mingus
I saw Perry failing from a mile away. Can't win only on looks and charisma. There's a reason he never enters these debates.
Yeah you can, but Goodhair only has the first half.
09-24-2011
Yonivore
Re: Perry comes out swinging.
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Originally Posted by mingus
Can't win only on looks and charisma.
You can win on even less. Just ask Barack Obama.
09-24-2011
ChumpDumper
Re: Perry comes out swinging.
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Originally Posted by Yonivore
We need a President that believes in American exceptionalism again.
God damn you're stupid.
09-24-2011
boutons_deux
Re: Perry comes out swinging.
American exceptionalism is fundamentally what's wrong with America and therefor what's wrong with the planet. Of course, chauvinst, nativist, racist Yoni is reliably, totally wrong, yet again.
