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In reply to the discussion: THREE things if we want to WIN in 2014 ... [View all]napkinz
(17,199 posts)6. Gov. Rick Perry, Obamacare and The Morality of Rejecting Medicaid Expansion
by Nomad
Texas Governor Rick Perry's decision not to expand Medicaid, a provision of Obamacare that each state can accept or reject, will have serious consequences for the uninsured and the poor of that state.
Here's a moral question for you:
Suppose you found that you possessed the power to save the lives of three thousand strangers, without doing anything except changing your mind, would you do it? Would you do it even if it required you to reverse a strong personal viewpoint or a core philosophy? Could any one of your personal beliefs really be so strong that you would allow the deaths of thousands and the suffering of many more?
Those are the questions that the citizens of Texas should be asking their governor, Rick Perry.
Governor Rick Perry's decision to opt out of Obamacare's Medicaid expansion has been well-documented. Billions in federal funds are off the table. More than a million poor adults won't have access to health coverage. Texas businesses will wind up paying an estimated $400 million in tax penalties.
Useful numbers, but none really captures the human toll of Perry's decision. A better figure for that purpose is 3,035, as in the number of people who will die as a result of Texas' refusal to expand Medicaid.
read more: http://nomadicpolitics.blogspot.com/2014/02/gov-rick-perry-obamacare-and-morality.html
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Thanks for posting this as a separate OP. It deserves the visibility. n/t
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