Texas Sues the Federal Government! What's Next Secession?

I can’t really say that I’m for or against health care reform. Growing up as a kid I lived in a border town and typically we would go to Mexico for any medical issues. What we pay for a co-pay today we paid for an entire doctors visit in Mexico. The co-pay on prescription drugs covered the entire cost of drugs in Mexico. As an adult I have been fortunate that either myself or my husband have worked for large corporations that provided us affordable benefits. Since I’ve never been in the shoes of the uninsured or under-insured I can’t really say whether this plan is positive or negative.

Based on what is presented in the news and from interactions with the people around me it seems obvious that health care needs to be reformed. There are numerous stories of people that are being dropped for no apparent reason even though they’ve paid their premiums for years. There is also the case of the Massachusetts reform, but like any political battle both sides claim negatives and positive. Some say that Massachusetts has the lowest uninsured rate in the nation. On the other hand there are claims that the cost of the system is bankrupting the state of Massachusetts. However compared to the cost of an unneeded war Health Care Reform may be a step in the right direction.

According to PolitiFact Texas there is a statement released by Governor Perry that he is joining forces with Attorney General Greg Abbott to sue the United States Government for the intrusions the US Government is placing upon Texas. Is health care reform really an intrusion on Texas taxpayers? Mandating health care is no different than mandating Social Security or Medicare tax and the goal is to save tax payers money in the long run by not having to take care of the uninsured in the future; Something that is is already done through hospital emergency room no refusal policy. The war in Iraq has cost tax payers a lot more then any projections proposed by health care yet I don’t recall Governor Perry or Attorney General Greg Abbott doing anything to prevent or stop the war.

I understand that the Texas Administration may object to the policies created by the Obama Administration, however is it really necessary to sue or attempt to sue the American Government? In the long run I feel this is more a waste of money and resources that should be concentrated on Texas policies. Health care reform is something that is needed and we should at least give it the benefit of the doubt. If Health Care Reform is not successful I’m sure the next republican president can eliminate the polices put in place by the Obama Administration.

Texas suing the US Government is just another way for the Texas Administration to show what their real intentions might be.