The Federal Government recently passed a health care bill, and the President of the United States has made it law. The states have mixed feelings about the new health care law. Is the new health care law in the best interest of Texas?
The new health care law is going to be expensive for Texas. Health and Human Services Executive commissioner Tom Suehs said that “the expansion of Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program would cost the state twenty-seven billion dollars during the 2014 to 2023 budget years.” This new law is going to drastically impact Texas’ budget.
This new health care law is also going to raise taxes on Texans. The law is going to cost the United States approximately one trillion dollars over the next ten years. What kind of impact is this going to have on Texans? Nobody is certain yet how everything is going to work out, but it is pretty clear that everybody is going to have to pay something, even if they don’t get health insurance. Under this new law people who don’t purchase health insurance will have to pay a fine.
Texas along with twelve other states has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the new health care law. The states involved in the lawsuit are Texas, Florida, South Carolina, Nebraska, Utah, Louisiana, Alabama, Michigan, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Washington, Idaho, and South Dakota. The Attorney General of each of those states has filed suit. The Supreme Court will have to decide on the constitutionality of this new law.
This new health care law has another flaw, manpower. Who is going to handle all the major changes that are going to come as a result of this law? It’s clear that new employees will have to be hired, but how many is not yet determined.
I believe that the federal government does not have the right to require that people buy something, and especially that they are fined if they do not purchase it. My concern is just how expensive this health care will be for Texans. I fail to see that it is in the best interest of Texas. Texas has a long history of independence and the Federal Government should not mess with Texas. I think the Federal Government should have states control health care. Each state should have the power to make decisions for its citizens without overreaching form the Federal Government.
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ReplyDeleteThis posting is a smooth flowing read about the health care bill rights of Texans, and very properly punctuated if I might add. It argues the new health care bill is flawed in theory for Texas.
The argument is pretty sound and has great appeal to many, as she states in her post there are twelve states challenging the constitutionality of the bill as we speak. I feel in her argument she misses out on any appeals of the bill, as far as significant beneficial assistance with the vast and increasing medical debt from patients who are uninsured. Her argument sort of assumes complete negativity of the bill. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
She definitely has strong conservative values as far as questioning the constitutionality of the bill, as well as the Federal Governments rights. As she continues on you can find highlighted key points through repetitive and firm arguments, such as costs per capita in Texas and federal rights. These help create a successful argument.
She supports her argument with several facts, although some approximated and concludes the health care bill should be governed by the state. By the end I find myself agreeing with her.