Perry was in favor of "Bi-National" Health care!

[sofia]

The dirt just keeps on coming out on this dude....:mad:

http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/09/01/rick_perry_in_2001_on_bi_national_health_insurance _with_mexico

[FreedomProsperityPeace]

Very interesting. Word seems to already be spreading on this.

[low preference guy]

Nice. Romney might attack Perry with this. Then the alternative to Romney becomes Dr. Paul.

[CaptainAmerica]

Have I fallen into a parallel universe? Bush 2.0 existed in 2001?WTF


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[Zatch]

Rick Perry was right on binational health insurance
By Sarah Kliff | Washington Post

Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s endorsement of a “binational health insurance” program with Mexico has drawn increasing attention this week. Most of it points to a 2001 plan, where Perry lauded an “an important study that will look at the feasibility of binational health insurance” that could “treat maladies unique to this region.”

“Binational health insurance” with the United States and Mexico doesn’t exactly make for a great sound bite in the Republican primaries. But the policy Perry discussed in that speech was actually a really good, conservative one that Texas would have been smart to implement.

To clarify, what Perry referenced was not a merging of Mexico and the United States’ public health systems. It was not, as Wonkette put it, “U.S.-Mexico Obamacare.” Rather, he pointed to a newly passed Texas law, which directed the state to explore allowing private health plans to cover services in Texas and Mexico. Those plans would then be available to any Mexican national or American citizen working within 62 miles of the Texas-Mexico border.

There’s a lot to like about this idea.

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