Researchers: State has lot to gain from health care law
AUSTIN — For state Rep. Garnet Coleman, the soon-to-be implemented Affordable Care Act is a win-win for Texas.
“Once people see the benefits of the act, like having their children on their insurance until they turn 26, they will see why this law was needed,” said the Houston Democrat who predicts at least half of the more than 6 million Texans currently uninsured will get coverage.
“I see the importance for the people of the state of Texas who have no insurance or are under insured,” said Coleman, who in 2009 President Barack Obama appointed to the now-dissolved White House Working Group of State Legislators for Health Reform.
But Coleman’s Republican colleagues in the Texas House, Charles Perry of Lubbock and Dan Flynn of Van, see the federal health care law that goes into effect Jan. 1 much differently.
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