I totally agree with Brittanie's idea that health care should be available for all Texans. Right now, Texas law mandated ALL Texas drivers carry at the minimum, liability insurance, so why not treat health care the same way. It's not like we are not already paying for those who don't currently have health insurance, we are paying, almost all in taxes. Tax-payers are paying for everyone who receives care in an emergency room (which is primarily how uninsured Texans receive care). Not having insurance and providing preventative care, only makes the bill larger for tax-payers on the back end. One in four Texans do not have health care, that's a lot of people, Texas has to do something.
Believe me, I'm not in favor of paying more taxes, but, where there is a will, there's a way. I remember voters being enraged when Texas passed the law requiring drivers to have liability insurance, but this law has actually been good, it's helped protect all drivers. Brittanie suggest mandating health insurance might lower the burden on tax payers, I agree. I think doing what we can on the front end to prevent illnesses, and protect and cover Texans will eventually bring down cost for the state & tax payers.
Are there any flaws with this? Yes, there are potential flaws in all things, but this would do more good than harm.
After all, we are in the United States of America...Texas for goodness sake, not a third-world country. If we can spend $1.05 trillion on the war in Iraq (to date), we can definitely find a way to pay for our citizens who are suffering and dying because they are not insured....that is just wrong.
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Just an FYI--- your taxes pay for Medicare and Medicaid patients. Uninsured people at ER's are either written off or paid for by charities. High insurance prices are because of what hospitals charge insurance companies for services- which results in how some of stuff written off is paid for
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