Perry Vs. The Uninsured

           According to The Statesman, Protesters gathered outside Governor Perry’s office Friday afternoon. The protesters were there to contest his decision to reject federal health funding provided by The Affordable Health Act. Uninsured Texans were angry at the refusal of $13 billion in federal funding. This in fact, would expand health coverage for up to 2.3 million hardworking Texans. Perry believes the Texas Medicaid system is broken and providing more aid for millions of Texans would financially ruin the state. One of the two reasons why I believe this article is important is because one in four Texans are uninsured. That turns out to be as much as 6 million people. This statistic puts Texas as the highest rate of uninsured people in the nation. Some argued that it was illogical and cruel to reject the funding in an already ill equipped health system. The other reason why I believe this was important is even with the rejection of the Affordable Care Act funding, Texans will still pay for it. While other states will be receiving government funding, we will be left with the bill. The worst part is we won’t be eligible for the help that we will be providing for others because of the refusal to cooperate with government funding.