Texas Senator Ted "Wacko Bird" Cruz is obsessed with opposing the Affordable Care Act. But the last time he spoke out against it, he got caught lying about the impact of Medicaid expansion. Then he tried to say he wasn't lying - only to be told he was still lying. Oops.Read More >>
In recent weeks, Republican governors in New Mexico, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio and Michigan have all ended their partisan opposition to Medicaid expansion - a key provision in President Obama's historic Affordable Care Act legislation. Can Texas be next? Absolutely, but we need your support and action to make it possible.Read More >>
Despite Governor Rick Perry’s irresponsible insistence that Texas will not expand Medicaid, it is becoming more and ore apparent that he's going against what the most Texans want. The slow warming to the idea of Medicaid expansion can be seen across the country in several GOP-governed states.Read More >>
Texas Senator Jane Nelson (R-Flower Mound), head of the Health and Human Service Committee, has come out and said that Texas may not say no to federal Medicaid expansion funds as part of the Affordable Care Act after all. So what's the catch?Read More >>
Expanding Medicaid in Texas through the Affordable Care Act is a no-brainer, which is why it's such a tough decision for Rick Perry. This should help: a new economic analysis by the Perryman Group shows that expanding Medicaid in Texas would create an economic windfall for our state.Read More >>
During last night's Texas Senate debate, Republican nominee Ted Cruz expressed some truly out-there conspiracy theories about the Affordable Care Act - namely that it's a slippery slope law towards socialized medicine, and that a law nearly 80 years in the making was rammed through in a "brazen display of arrogance."Read More >>
Although the TX GOP have not proven capable of the fair-minded assessments that give credit where credit is due, supporters of health care reform may rest confident in the knowledge that Texans have already profited from their efforts. According to this infographic, courtesy of Allmand Law, the Affordable Care Act has served millions by lifting lifetime limits on insurance and by permitting young adults to stay on their parents’ policies. Read More >>
Last week Rep. Denny Rehberg released a "labor, heath, and education spending bill that would defund Planned Parenthood and Title X, block the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, allow any employer to deny women birth control coverage under the ACA for "moral reasons" and increase spending for abstinence-only education."Read More >>
Now that Rick Perry is surrendering state control of Health Insurance Exchanges to the federal government, it’s important for Texans to know more about how these exchanges will work. Our policy briefing explains how the resulting boost in standards and an increase in competition will help residents identify and purchase quality coverage...Read More >>
Yesterday's health care ruling brought excitement to people across Texas. In Austin, we helped organize a rally on the Capitol steps with the folks at Texas Well & Healthy. At least 150 people came out to celebrate the decision. The video also features interviews with Texans who will benefit from keeping the Affordable Care Act in place. If you pay close attention, you'll hear some of the great chants we came up with in support of health care!Read More >>
The Affordable Care Act has been preserved! The Supreme Court upheld President Obama’s Affordable Care Act in a landmark decision. Since March 23, 2010 when President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, conservatives in Texas have spent so much time creating legislation in hopes the Affordable Care Act would not be upheld that they have left our state unprepared. Tell Gov. Rick Perry, Sen. Jane Nelson, and Rep. Lois Kolkhorst that the Affordable Care Act is here to stay and it's time to get to work.Read More >>
Texas is waiting for the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act with bated breath, because Texas politicians have been dragging their feet in passing legislation compatible with the Affordable Care Act. The state is fundamentally unprepared if the Supreme Court decides to uphold the ACA. Due to our huge poor population and the individual mandate, millions of people in Texas would be added to Medicaid.
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If you need any further proof that the Affordable Care Act is working in Texas, here's a simple chart that contrasts the policies of Texas Governor Rick Perry and those of President Barack Obama. Be sure to check back all week for more on how the Affordable Care Act is working in Texas, and sign our pledge to defend the ACA.Read More >>
The Affordable Care Act is working in Texas. 7.5 million Texans who no longer have a lifetime limit on their health insurance plan. 6 million Texans helped by prevention coverage improvements. 5 million Texans protected by the Medical Loss Ratio "80-20 Rule" you helped defend. Trust us - it's working!Read More >>
The Affordable Care Act is working. According to recent reports from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 6,044,690 Texas residents have been helped by the prevention coverage improvements in ACA. For families and busiesses, health care reform is helping Texans...Read More >>
The U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) agency is going to protect better health, not bottom lines, and you are the one who made it happen! In December, 2,775 of you joined us and Texas Well and Healthy to sign a petition demanding HHS deny the Texas Department of Insurance’s waiver request about the new medical loss ratio...Read More >>
