This is a big moment for Texas. Not only do we have more to gain from the Affordable Care Act than any state, at this moment--after the lawsuits, the arguments, and all the bickering--we also get to decide what kind of state we want to be. Do we want to continue being the state known for political theater? Or do we want to roll up our sleeves and get to work on implementing a health care law that so many of our people stand to benefit from?
The Texas Well and Healthy campaign, which we're a key partner in, made the argument all last week that Texas should be the kind of state that gets to work. It’s time for us all to come together around the things that will make more Texans healthy, well, financially secure, and protected. Our campaign organizer, Mimi Garcia put it this way in an email: Since the Supreme Court upheld the nation’s health care law, ...what is Texas doing about it? Plenty of Texans have questions about the law. Many haven’t heard about the rebates coming their way this summer from health insurers who overcharged them. Lots would like to know what’s happening, so people can get the care they need and insurance companies can’t rip us off. . . [But there are] simple choices before us if we want to make Texas well and healthy.
All week, we let Texans know about those simple choices, and what Texas leaders need to hear from you and your fellow Texans to make the right decisions. Here is the round-up of what our campaign pushed (and continues to push) for:
Cross-posted from The Texas Treatment blog.
