Obamacare and Texas

In regards to Obamacare, one solution that opponents of universal health care suggest is malpractice lawsuit reforms. However, State of Texas lawmakers have passed dramatic malpractice lawsuit reforms legislation, and yet there are a larger percentage of uninsured people in Texas than in any other state. Malpractice lawsuit reforms where passed with the reasoning that it would increase the number of doctors in Texas, and therefore increase access to health care. However, 114 of the 254 counties are designated primary-care shortage areas, and twenty-seven counties in Texas have no doctors at all.

The health care crisis affects a broad spectrum of Americans, but creating a public option is not the most significant way to bring down the cost of health care and to provide universal access to health care. A public option would simply be another way of providing health insurance yes; however, it would compete with the other insurance companies driving them out of business. By providing people this option it will not lower the high cost of the uninsured raise the cost of health care for everyone.

Perhaps the most compelling argument for universal health care is an ethical and moral argument. The ethical thing to do is to provide assistance to those among us that need assistance only---expand Medicaid.

I believe this debate is about the idea that we all have a fundamental right to health care and that for too long many of us have been denied this because its not a right to simply put it.


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