The American Human: Texans Losing Billions Because of No ACA Medicaid Expansion, Business Leaders Incensed

Monday, June 1, 2015

Texans Losing Billions Because of No ACA Medicaid Expansion, Business Leaders Incensed

That's right, 25% of Texans uninsured, leading the nation.

We could have seen this coming, and now it's here. The business leaders of Texas have had it up to here with the Republican intransigence on accepting the ACA's Medicaid expansion. It's costing businesses in the state billions and damaging the bottom line of hospitals, as well. This is a case of the old GOP -- the business elite -- up against the new GOP -- the Tea Party dead-enders.

Daily Kos expands on the story.

What are the odds the Texas GOP will do the right thing? Not very good, as you can well imagine.

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1. Civilized societies require the rule of law.
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3. Religion is superstition.
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The American Human is written by Calvin Ross, a retired teacher who at various points in life has been a musician, woodworker, restaurateur, narrator, English teacher in Japan, novelist, technology journalist, and private tutor to Japanese children here in the U.S.

Happily residing in the wine country of Sonoma County north of San Francisco, Calvin has lived in the Philippines, the Netherlands, and the aforementioned Japan, as well as in Chicago, Colorado, Georgia, and many different towns in California, including, of all places, the Mojave Desert.

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