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By Sy Mukherjee
Politico reported Tuesday evening that Texas Gov. Rick Perrys (R) administration is in negotiations with the Obama White House to accept about $100 million in federal money to implement an Obamacare Medicaid program to help elderly and disabled Americans.
Perry has been a heated opponent of the health law. He refused to accept $100 billion in federal funding to expand Texas Medicaid program under Obamacare, which could have helped 1.5 million poor Texans afford basic health benefits. As recently as April, Perry essentially called the expansion a joke. Seems to me April Fools Day is the perfect day to discuss something as foolish as Medicaid expansion, and to remind everyone that Texas will not be held hostage by the Obama administrations attempt to force us into the fools errand of adding more than a million Texans to a broken system, said Perry.
Now, Perry is seeking federal dollars for Texas Medicaid program anyway.
The Affordable Care Act grants state funding to expand a program called Community First Choice, which aims to improve the community-based medical services available to disabled and elderly Americans. The wildly popular program is administered through Medicaid and could prevent thousands of disabled and older Americans from being uprooted from their homes and into a long-term care facility for their treatments. Approximately 12,000 Texans could take advantage of it in the first year alone.
Perry spokespeople emphasized to Politico that the governors support for the program and the Medicaid funds that make it possible shouldnt come as a surprise and doesnt change his position on the Affordable Care Act.
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http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/08/21/2501321/rick-perry-obamacare-hypocrisy/
gopiscrap
(23,674 posts)my first inclination is to tell him to go to hell, but that just hurts the folks who need it. I think that Obama should make him publicly grovel for it!
nykym
(3,063 posts)additionally require checks and balances on all appropriated funds to ensure they are not diverted embezzled or misappropriated. Perry needs to account for every single penny from the FED.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)louis-t
(23,199 posts)Tee hee.
C_U_L8R
(44,892 posts)It's called Oops.
JI7
(89,173 posts)Hekate
(90,189 posts)"Publishers Clearing House" size check -- photo of you shaking hands with the President. Mmm-hmm.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Sure wish he would!!!
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)in the phone book, it seems.
mountain grammy
(26,568 posts)"Advocates for the poor and disabled who support expanding Community First Choice under Obamacare were apprehensive to even talk about the programs relation to the health law out of fear that Texas officials would back out of their funding bid over political considerations.
t would be worse than a shame if Texass moving ahead with [Community First Choice and Balancing Incentive Program] policies both are from the ACA was hurt as the result of scrutiny from a press inquiry, one Texas advocate told Politico."
Shhhhh.... DON"T TELL THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS!!
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)before it. Republican strategy ties Affordable Health Care to the advocate who they know is polarizing to many of those who would benefit. The only real objection is the Republican fear that this could become a popular program and benefit Obama. Meanwhile single payer fades further into the background.
Hey,
This also bothers me.
Peace
Leith
(7,802 posts)Liked the term "Obamacare." I rather like that "Obama" and "Care" are said together and that more and more people are liking the changes as time goes on. I've already seen copay waived for preventative tests and people with young adult children really like that their kids can stay on their health insurance for a little while longer. Everybody you ask likes that preexisting conditions don't bar them from getting insurance.
If everyone associates the Prez with advantages like that, let's keep calling it ObamaCare.
Rob H.
(5,340 posts)Come out publicly as vehemently opposed, then later take advantage of the opportunity and hope no one notices. It's just like hypocrite Paul Ryan supporting Bush's stimulus in 2002, then calling Obama's stimulus a "wasteful spending spree" and later quietly asking for stimulus funds.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)in the little rural town I lived in for the past 15 years. The little-tiny-no-streetlight-town supervisors think they're the Earls and Dukes of Honeoye, NY.
It's a beautiful little place. But they need money to refurbish Main Street. So what did the Royalty do with the stimulus money? Built a new town hall.
Yep. I'm not kidding.
Disgusting in their greed and ignorance.
BillyRibs
(787 posts)Buzz505
(92 posts)and the horse he rode in on.
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)pauliedangerously
(886 posts)collecting Social Security benefits. Sheesh...