Ya know, so 32 year olds that made slightly too much money the year before they were fired after having a health crisis are told to punt again and again and again when they apply for Medicaid in Texas. Then go on to die in their sleep, because they only received emergency medical treatment and never got to the cause of their illness. Arthur had to die, because republican politicians in the state wouldn’t accept federal money from the congressional mandate under Obama.
Then there’s the great many Texans with disabilities who fall into a healthcare gap. Again, gov abbott can’t seem to identify with those constituents’ needs, because Obama. There’s an Elizabeth here who’s educated me on how the system in Texas keeps her locked in a set of hard choices that leaves her without access to proper medical care and an unclear path towards a financially secure life.
Shopping healthcare plans on the exchange is a joke - a bunch of junk plans in many areas. Be diagnosed with cancer at the time your Cobra coverage is running out and a year before you qualify for Medicare? Well, in Texas you’ll experience a whole new existential crisis when you get to select between plans that are carved narrowly for never heard of hospital groups, etc. Enter into cancer treatment underinsured all so abbott, cruz, and cornyn could please their corporate donors and dog whistle to fox gnus viewers. My mother had to deal with this, and had to take university classes to maintain a decent level of coverage through student insurance. She was a lucky one who could make this work and survived.
My point is that Texas was already sick before the coronavirus hit. Uninsured and underinsured Texans have been kept dying, sick, and financially desperate to be included in modern healthcare. GOP politicians want more to suffer for their failed policies and failed humanity. They haven’t learned how wrong they’ve been about healthcare, because they’re all about putting on a racist, greedy, and small-minded show.
How many more Texans will die uninsured or underinsured? How many will die untested and untreated for COVID-19? Is the tRump-republican governor even serious about corralling the pandemic? Or is it going to be more of the same? After all, we well know that the man in the WH really doesn’t care if Americans live or die.
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