Matt Collins
09-22-2011, 07:58 PM
Perry’s Bi-National Healthcare Scheme
Why does Perry earn a D- from Numbers USA, an immigration watch-dog group? You only need to examine one speech. Perry in his own words:
Perry Sought to Pioneer Bi-National Health Care In 2001… that is, health care for citizens on both sides of the southern border:
“There are other challenges that require a unified approach, especially in the area of health care.”
“Legislation authored by border legislators Pat Haggerty and Eddie Lucio establishes an important study that will look at the feasibility of bi-national health insurance. This study recognizes that the Mexican and U.S. sides of the border compose one region, and we must address health care problems throughout that region. That’s why I am also excited that Texas Secretary of State Henry Cuellar is working on an initiative that could extend the benefits of telemedicine to individuals living on the Mexican side of the border.” (Source: Gov. Rick Perry's Remarks to the Border Summit (http://governor.state.tx.us/news/speech/10688/))
Bi-national healthcare would be a plan that would allow private health plans to cover services in Texas and Mexico. It just so happens this was an idea Perry was in favor of.
A bill, House bill 2498, was filed in the Texas House of Representatives on March 15, 2001. It sought to create a cross-border health insurance arrangement. The version that passed established an interim study of bi-national health plan coverage.
This bill was signed into law by Governor Perry in June 2001 and took effect in September 2001.
Source:
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
Policy Research Project Report: “Cross-Border Health Insurance: Options for Texas” (2004)
By: David C. Warner & Pablo G. Schneider
Why does Perry earn a D- from Numbers USA, an immigration watch-dog group? You only need to examine one speech. Perry in his own words:
Perry Sought to Pioneer Bi-National Health Care In 2001… that is, health care for citizens on both sides of the southern border:
“There are other challenges that require a unified approach, especially in the area of health care.”
“Legislation authored by border legislators Pat Haggerty and Eddie Lucio establishes an important study that will look at the feasibility of bi-national health insurance. This study recognizes that the Mexican and U.S. sides of the border compose one region, and we must address health care problems throughout that region. That’s why I am also excited that Texas Secretary of State Henry Cuellar is working on an initiative that could extend the benefits of telemedicine to individuals living on the Mexican side of the border.” (Source: Gov. Rick Perry's Remarks to the Border Summit (http://governor.state.tx.us/news/speech/10688/))
Bi-national healthcare would be a plan that would allow private health plans to cover services in Texas and Mexico. It just so happens this was an idea Perry was in favor of.
A bill, House bill 2498, was filed in the Texas House of Representatives on March 15, 2001. It sought to create a cross-border health insurance arrangement. The version that passed established an interim study of bi-national health plan coverage.
This bill was signed into law by Governor Perry in June 2001 and took effect in September 2001.
Source:
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
Policy Research Project Report: “Cross-Border Health Insurance: Options for Texas” (2004)
By: David C. Warner & Pablo G. Schneider