Sunday, November 7, 2010

12 miler and insanity. texas style.

hey partners, saddle up for a little crazy talk, texas style. texas republicans, reveling in their political gains last week, are talking about pulling out of the medicaid program to protest the patient protection and affordable care act.

in the words of my friend heidi sinclair, "how on earth do they think would SAVE them money in the long run? it's not like children and disabled poor folks are suddenly going to stop being sick or needing preventative care - they'll just end up in the emergency departments ... or really sick ... or dead."

it must just be blowing smoke - can they are really so short sighted? maybe. but maybe they realize how important the ACA is. this piece of legislation was probably the most significant since i was born.

had a nice visit with my folks this weekend. just said goodbye to them, and i'm heading out for a 12-miler now.

2 comments:

sarah (SHU) said...

have a great run! the weather is pretty much perfect.

Andrea said...

Hello Stevo. Your aunt Vicky told me she has this doctor nephew who has a really good blog and she gave me your URL. As soon as I saw the title, I knew you must meet (even if only through e-mail or blog comments)my nephew George Lizares Bodegon who is also a doctor and whose blog title is http://physicianrunning.blogspot.com/. If you're related to the Labayens, then we're related and you're also related to George.