On April 23, the Texas House Appropriations Committee passed HB 3791, a Medicaid bill that would reject its expansion in favor of private market strategies for insuring low-income Texans.
When politicians cross party lines, it is often thought that they are betraying their partisan ideologies. Yet those who unwaveringly adhere to partisan ideologies are betraying common sense.
The Affordable Care Act, as upheld by a June Supreme Court decision, will cost $84 billion less than expected due to Medicaid opt-outs, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
Texas is the sixth state to opt out of Medicaid expansion, also means the state is opting out of millions of dollars of federal aid to Medicaid expansion.
By weakening the power of Congress to attach strings to federal funds, the “ObamaCare” ruling could end the federal minimum drinking age.
Texas is likely to be one state to opt-out of Medicaid expansion after the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act last Thursday.
During my lifetime I’ve personally experienced the effect of many changes to health care policy, most of which were not for the better. When I was born I had a.
