Austin
– With 6.2 million people who have no medical insurance, Texas will
refuse to create a health care exchange or add new clients to the
Medicaid roles, Gov. Rick Perry said today.
Calling
Medicaid a failure, Gov. Perry declared that everone is able “to
have access to health care.”
Adding
millions of new clients to the Medicaid rolls “is not unlike adding
a thousand people to the Titanic,” according to the Governor.
The
federal requirement is part of the Affordable Care Act of 2010, which
the U.S. Supreme Court declared constitutional last week. Each state
will be required to create a health care exchange from which the
uninsured may choose health care plans, or opt for inclusion on the
Medicaid rolls, if qualified.
The
state government should have a voice in the decision, according to
Gov. Perry.
He
vowed to voice his opposition in a letter to the federal government
that he is writing today.
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