With the re-election of President Obama on November 6th, it has become an imminent event for his healthcare plan, or "Obamacare", to come to full fruition. It will require the states to put the burden of providing government mandated healthcare on the backs of the taxpayers, and to make sure that every citizen is covered as by law. With this thought, the federal government offered the opportunity to have states set up their own system of affordable healthcare as long as it is in regulation with federal law. In this scenario, the state will be able to at least have the illusion of control compared to having the federal government come in and set it up.
However, Governor Perry declined this option, citing states' rights as a key reason why Texas shouldn't be forced to put these laws into action. While I think states' rights is an excuse that died with the Civil War, I don't disagree with it at all. This law, while promising to bring affordable healthcare, is a crushing blow to the American middle class which is already getting demolished by the economy. The bill doesn't pay for itself, and all the money is not going to come from just the top 2 percent that the tax rates are about to be increased on. It is a bill that is going to be harmful to the majority of Texans' wallets, and is something that I personally wish could be shot down with a thought such as states' rights.
Shame that for the moment, all that Perry accomplished was delaying Washington's judgement on our state, especially since the laws will be put into action next year. Who's ready for 2013?
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I totally agree with you. The re-election of President Obama guarantees the release of his healthcare plan and now that he has time to concentrate on his next four years he can make sure the republicans don’t do anything to harm the plan. Furthermore, I agree that the health care plan will put intense burden on the taxpayers and a “crushing blow” to the middle class. It’s interesting to add that this plan will also be catastrophic for medical companies. One specific company named ADM Tronics will be devastated when Obama care becomes law. Additionally, ADM Tronics has never in its history, even through the recession when it even added jobs had to lay off people. Currently, they had to lay off six people from their 52 work force and many more layoffs next year.
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