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TexasTowelie

(111,303 posts)
Thu May 1, 2014, 08:06 PM May 2014

Surge of Texans signed up for health care in final weeks

New numbers out show that 734,000 Texans bought health insurance through the federal marketplace from last October to April 19, 2014, a report released by Health and Human Services shows.

Prior to March 1, an anemic 295,000 people had signed up, but in the final stretch of the Affordable Care Act first-year sign-up, another 439,000 obtained private insurance through the exchange.

Health care advocates applauded the new sign-up numbers and said the results are impressive, especially in the face of strong opposition from virtually every state Republican leader.

“Texas has made more progress on affordable health insurance in the last six months than in the last decade,” said Stacey Pogue, a health care analyst at the left-leaning Center for Public Policy Priorities.

More at http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2014/05/surge-of-texans-signed-up-for-health-care-in-final-weeks.html/ .

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Surge of Texans signed up for health care in final weeks (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2014 OP
Let's hope they translate into votes for Democrats Warpy May 2014 #1
Hey Texas Republicans: SUCK IT! nt Ilsa May 2014 #2

Warpy

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1. Let's hope they translate into votes for Democrats
Thu May 1, 2014, 08:09 PM
May 2014

and against the cleft headed, reactionary, stingy bastards in the Republican establishment who tried to do away with it for the poorest people by refusing to expand Medicaid, something that also cost the state a lot of money.

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