Rick Perry Tells Texans They May Get Health Care If They'd Just Get A Job

[JoethePleb]

Rick Perry has released a new ad in the wake of another job poaching tour of California where he also humored the San Francisco Chronicle with an interview. As far as rhetoric, the guy is on a roll, but his ideas aren't likely to resonate anymore nationally in his 2nd first impression.

Perry said that Texas doesn't, "judge success on the number of people we have on public assistance." And neither do Democrats, but we do count it as a failure when you have the most individuals of any state that actually need it.

http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/14226/rick-perry-tells-texans-they-may-get-health-care-if-theyd-just-get-a-job

[sinkingfeeling]

1. So, the unemployment rate in Texas is 33%?

http://www.texmed.org/Uninsured_in_Texas/

33% of adults, aged 19-64, are uninsured in Texas.

Texas is the uninsured capital of the United States. More than 6.3 million Texans - including 1.2 million children - lack health insurance. Texas' uninsurance rates, 1.5 to 2 times the national average, create significant problems in the financing and delivery of health care to all Texans. Those who lack insurance coverage typically enjoy far-worse health status than their insured counterparts. - See more at: http://www.texmed.org/Uninsured_in_Texas/#sthash.2U5Q8Zoq.dpuf

[Cresent City Kid]

2. I work 40-48 hours per week in Texas

My employer's compliance with the ACA consisted of having us sign a document saying that we don't qualify for their (nonexistent) health care plan. We have less than 50 employees so my boss is off the hook. My only path to health insurance is the national website which can't seem to handle the traffic. I fear that the opponents of the law can log onto the site en masse keeping the traffic jam going.

I'm concerned for myself and my family, but I have a coworker who just returned to work after several months recovering from bypass surgery. On top of that she's diabetic.