More than one out of four people in Harris County doesn’t have health insurance.
One in three adults in Harris County lacked health insurance in 2008 while Texas continued to have the highest rate of uninsured residents in the nation, the Census Bureau reported Monday.
Harris County’s overall uninsured rate of 26.9 percent was the seventh-highest among Texas’ 50 most populous counties, according to data from the American Community Survey. The state uninsured rate was 24 percent, compared with the national rate of 15 percent.
But don’t worry! Rick Perry will stand firm against the federal government taking any action to help these people so that the free market can continue to work its magic. Or something like that. I’m not exactly clear on just what it is our Governor says he’s fighting for. The point is that he’s fighting, and isn’t that what really matters?
What’s new? Texas has been screwing the little guy for the interests of big business for decades now. The majority of representatives in Congress from this state clearly have no interest in representing the interests of the people they supposedly represent.