This blog commentary addresses the ongoing Medicaid
issue. The author firsts posts part of an article from Kaiser Health News,
which talks about how Gov. Rick Perry is rejecting the “Obamacare power grab”
and will block measures expanding health insurance to millions in this state.
Perry is one of more than half a dozen Republican governors resisting the
federal Medicaid support. After this article, the author of the blog comments
how Rick Perry is “a politician who loves to say no, especially when it comes
to something the Obama administration wants to do.” The author positions Perry
as ideological politician who is out to say no to anything the Obama
administration does. The author argues that Perry has no interest in improving
state services, fixing the problems of the uninsured, or supporting business
entities that live off funding for Medicaid. The author evidences how Perry is purely
ideologically driven by commenting how Rick Perry turned down federal
unemployment funds during the recession.
The author’s intended audience is mainly at the
people who support Rick Perry, because I think he/she wants to make those
supporters become to understand how irrational Perry’s actions are.
The author is credible because not only is it
written by the senior executive editor, Paul Burka, but it’s also the blog of
Texas Monthly which is an established newspaper.
I
think Paul Burka nailed it. I agree with both authors that Rick Perry is for
sure going to have a hard time fabricating some ‘sound reasoning’ as to why he
said no.
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