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Rick Perry presidential campaign, 2016/Healthcare
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 Rick Perry |
Governor of Texas (2000-2015) Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1998-2000) Texas Agriculture Commissioner (1990 - 1998) Texas House of Representatives (1984-1990) |
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- According to Bloomberg in June 2015, Rick Perry recommended repealing the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Perry cautioned, however, that Congress should not institute a replacement. Instead, states should be allowed to come up with an alternative system.[2]
- While visiting New Jersey in October 2013, Perry said, "If this health care law is forced upon this country, the young men and women in this audience are the ones who are really going to pay the price. And that, I will suggest to you, reaches to the point of being a felony toward them and their future. That is a criminal act, from my perspective, to put that type of burden on them, to mortgage their future like that. America cannot stand that. America cannot accept that."[3]
- In September 2009, Perry released a statement on his opposition to federal mandates. Perry said, "Instead of government mandates and more deficit spending, successful health care reforms can be achieved only by providing states the flexibility to develop state-specific solutions. I urge you to support our right, as a state, to further explore these approaches, rather than forcing us to implement federal mandates that promise financial hardships for the states and little in the way of benefits for our economy and all of our constituents."[4]
- With the support of the Texas Medical Association in 2011, Perry signed legislation requiring the losing party in a frivolous lawsuit to pay the winning party's legal expenses.[5][6]
- In 2003, Perry succeeded in establishing a state constitutional amendment that capped non-economic damages to $750,000 in medical malpractice lawsuits.[7]
- Perry signed an executive order in 2007 requiring girls entering the sixth grade to be vaccinated for the human papapillomavirus (HPV). In 2011, Perry said the order was "a mistake" and supported the Texas legislature's toppling of the law. Explaining his decision in an interview in August 2011, Perry said, "The fact of the matter is that I didn’t do my research well enough to understand that we needed to have a substantial conversation with our citizenry."[8][9]
- In 2007, Perry signed into law a Medicaid reform bill that provided premium subsidies to low-income Texans and gave incentives for individuals to maintain their health.[10]
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- ↑ CNN, "Rick Perry launches comeback White House bid," June 4, 2015
- ↑ Bloomberg, "Rick Perry: Congress Should Repeal Obamacare, But Let the States Replace It," June 2, 2015
- ↑ The Huffington Post, "Rick Perry Calls Implementation Of Obamacare A 'Criminal Act'," October 2, 2013
- ↑ Office of the Governor Rick Perry, "Gov. Perry: Successful Health Care Reform Must be Achieved through State-Specific Solutions," September 23, 2009
- ↑ Texas Medical Association, "Physicians Urge Texas Senate to Pass HB 274," May 21, 2011
- ↑ The Economist, "Reading the record," August 20, 2011
- ↑ New York Times, “Malpractice Suits Capped At $750,000 In Texas Vote," September 15, 2003
- ↑ The Washington Post, “Texas Families Seek to Block Gov's Order," February 24, 2007
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Rick Perry reverses himself, calls HPV vaccine mandate a ‘mistake’," September 13, 2011
- ↑ Commonwealth Fund, “States in Action Archive," August 16, 2007
