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Report shows how recession hit families [W:391, 502]

Not in the liberal world where results don't matter and if the results are b
ad are blamed on someone else

Yes, Libs aren't very result oriented so its always about the sentiment.

They "meant well".
 
LOL !!!

If we could only be like the hell hole North Eastern States that bought into the great Liberal lie.

The Houston Medical Center has been world renown for decades.

I have family members who retired out of the Health Care Industry. One Pediatrician, one Internal Medicine Dr and a couple of RN's.

We get a lot of traffic from all over the world that head here.

Texas has been Obama's largest and just about only jobs contributor.

As a proud son of the South, I wouldn't live anywhere else.

Can you point to where I said anything about the Houston Medical Center?

And you might be interested to know that people actually leave here to get care overseas.

Lower costs lure U.S. patients abroad for treatment - CNN.com
 
And yet there is this, the 10 myths about American healthcare which you and other big govt. liberals want to ignore.

The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care: A Citizen's Guide | Cato Institute

I'll repeat here the word you should pay attention to:

COMMENTARY



I gave you specific rankings. They are based on specific measures. You respond with commentary that uses vague words like good and bad, better and worse, and who Inaccurately throws out waiting times, and I've shown we wait here as well, and longer if you're poor.

So, try again. ;)
 
I'll repeat here the word you should pay attention to:

COMMENTARY



I gave you specific rankings. They are based on specific measures. You respond with commentary that uses vague words like good and bad, better and worse, and who Inaccurately throws out waiting times, and I've shown we wait here as well, and longer if you're poor.

So, try again. ;)

I have to say you really have a passion for this topic but that passion seems to prevent you from seeing reality. Rankings are great but there are a lot of things that go into those rankings including cost of living. What does rankings have to do with the topic here? You believe the govt. will maintain high standards and if so where are there examples of that?

We do indeed wait here mostly in states that already have UHC but that doesn't bother you because you are going to believe what you want to believe.
 
I have to say you really have a passion for this topic but that passion seems to prevent you from seeing reality. Rankings are great but there are a lot of things that go into those rankings including cost of living. What does rankings have to do with the topic here? You believe the govt. will maintain high standards and if so where are there examples of that?

We do indeed wait here mostly in states that already have UHC but that doesn't bother you because you are going to believe what you want to believe.

Yes, a lot of things do, and most if not all of it is accounted for. And no, if you're poor in Texas, particularly working poor, you're waiting as much or more than anyone in the modern world.
 
Yes, a lot of things do, and most if not all of it is accounted for. And no, if you're poor in Texas, particularly working poor, you're waiting as much or more than anyone in the modern world.

Your opinion noted, fact is TX has a lot of programs for the working poor. You ought to do better research.
 
Your opinion noted, fact is TX has a lot of programs for the working poor. You ought to do better research.

Not really:

The Darker Side of Texas

In Texas, lower-wage employment continues to grow faster than higher-wage jobs. The state is tied with Mississippi for the highest proportion of low-wage jobs, with more than half a million, or 10 percent, of hourly paid workers in Texas making the minimum wage or less. And more than half of Texas jobs pay, on average, less than $36,000 (i.e., about twice the federal poverty rate for a family of three). That means that these jobs do not pay enough for a family of three to meet their basic needs, including rent, food, child care, health care and other necessities. Even more Texans have nothing to fall back on despite their hard work, with 1 in 2 having virtually no “rainy day” savings.

The Darker Side of Texas | The Working Poor Families Project
 
Not really:

The Darker Side of Texas

In Texas, lower-wage employment continues to grow faster than higher-wage jobs. The state is tied with Mississippi for the highest proportion of low-wage jobs, with more than half a million, or 10 percent, of hourly paid workers in Texas making the minimum wage or less. And more than half of Texas jobs pay, on average, less than $36,000 (i.e., about twice the federal poverty rate for a family of three). That means that these jobs do not pay enough for a family of three to meet their basic needs, including rent, food, child care, health care and other necessities. Even more Texans have nothing to fall back on despite their hard work, with 1 in 2 having virtually no “rainy day” savings.

The Darker Side of Texas | The Working Poor Families Project


This just goes to show how poorly educated so many people are. There are about 500,000 minimum wage employees in TX and triple that number in California but California minimum wage is $8 and hour but not counted by the Federal Govt. You cannot live in California for their minimum wage but you can live in TX. Your knowledge of this state is based upon biased reporting that distorts reality.
 
Not really:

The Darker Side of Texas

In Texas, lower-wage employment continues to grow faster than higher-wage jobs. The state is tied with Mississippi for the highest proportion of low-wage jobs, with more than half a million, or 10 percent, of hourly paid workers in Texas making the minimum wage or less. And more than half of Texas jobs pay, on average, less than $36,000 (i.e., about twice the federal poverty rate for a family of three). That means that these jobs do not pay enough for a family of three to meet their basic needs, including rent, food, child care, health care and other necessities. Even more Texans have nothing to fall back on despite their hard work, with 1 in 2 having virtually no “rainy day” savings.

The Darker Side of Texas | The Working Poor Families Project

TX has about 500,000 people in this state making Federal Minimum wage out of a labor force that is more than four times higher than the population of your state and an employment force of 12 million. Got it yet, 12 million people working in this state and 500,000 making minimum wage!! You are absolutely poorly informed as are most of those people whose articles you are posting. For a state this size, located on the border with Mexico, the economy is booming, the population is growing, the labor force is growing, and the unemployment rate is below the national average, and this hell hole is attracting new business. Better find something else to complain about or better yet, stay in Iowa where you belong.
 
TX has about 500,000 people in this state making Federal Minimum wage out of a labor force that is more than four times higher than the population of your state and an employment force of 12 million. Got it yet, 12 million people working in this state and 500,000 making minimum wage!! You are absolutely poorly informed as are most of those people whose articles you are posting. For a state this size, located on the border with Mexico, the economy is booming, the population is growing, the labor force is growing, and the unemployment rate is below the national average, and this hell hole is attracting new business. Better find something else to complain about or better yet, stay in Iowa where you belong.

Yep, you are the poverty state. You really can work for low wages there.

Working poor are swelling ranks of Houston hungriest

Every day more than 700,000 people in Harris County are uncertain about where they will get their next meal. Not all of them are poor — many are working people who don't qualify for federal food programs.

These are among the findings of a recent study that provides the first detailed look at hunger at the county level. Harris County families struggling to keep food on the table have a food budget shortfall of $12.97 per week, per person. To fill the meal gap, $277 million is needed annually to ensure that every person has three meals a day, according to the report's calculations.

Working poor are swelling ranks of Houston hungriest - Houston Chronicle


Try to remember what we're discussing. :lamo
 
Yep, you are the poverty state. You really can work for low wages there.

Working poor are swelling ranks of Houston hungriest

Every day more than 700,000 people in Harris County are uncertain about where they will get their next meal. Not all of them are poor — many are working people who don't qualify for federal food programs.

These are among the findings of a recent study that provides the first detailed look at hunger at the county level. Harris County families struggling to keep food on the table have a food budget shortfall of $12.97 per week, per person. To fill the meal gap, $277 million is needed annually to ensure that every person has three meals a day, according to the report's calculations.

Working poor are swelling ranks of Houston hungriest - Houston Chronicle


Try to remember what we're discussing. :lamo

You ought to worry about your own state where

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that in 2011 there were 25,000 workers in Iowa making the minimum wage and another 28,000 below minimum wage.

With a working population of 1.5 million that is a little less than 4% which is the same percentage as TX. Try to not show your bias and jealousy of the state of TX. I love making you look foolish.

Almost 12 million working people in TX compared to 1.5 million in Iowa. Your jealousy of this state is shwoing.

Oh, by the way, welfare queen Sheila Jackson Lee is a member of the House from Houston, and Houston hasn't had a Republican Mayor in decades.
 
You ought to worry about your own state where



With a working population of 1.5 million that is a little less than 4% which is the same percentage as TX. Try to not show your bias and jealousy of the state of TX. I love making you look foolish.

Almost 12 million working people in TX compared to 1.5 million in Iowa. Your jealousy of this state is shwoing.

Oh, by the way, welfare queen Sheila Jackson Lee is a member of the House from Houston, and Houston hasn't had a Republican Mayor in decades.

And yet, your state just doesn't measure up.

And I worry about all Americans, not just the nation of low wages (Texas). ;)
 
And yet, your state just doesn't measure up.

And I worry about all Americans, not just the nation of low wages (Texas). ;)

Doesn't measure up? LOL, 12 million working Americans and 500,000 making minimum wage? That isn't measuring up? Amazing how little you know about TX and the numbers just make you look foolish.

you better stay in Iowa as you would never make it in TX
 
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Doesn't measure up? LOL, 12 million working Americans and 500,000 making minimum wage? That isn't measuring up? Amazing how little you know about TX and the numbers just make you look foolish.

you better stay in Iowa as you would never make it in TX

Yep, most your jobs are low paying. Slightly better than minimum wage isn't heaven.

First are working poor patients who do not qualify for Medicaid, for whom Medicare is years away, and for whom private insurance is priced out of reach. I’m talking about uninsured patients like the 59-year-old woman with chronic congestive heart failure whom I see in a free clinic in Athens once a month. Except, that is, on those all-too-frequent occasions when she can’t afford her blood pressure medicine, and then I also see her in the hospital — where the bill to county taxpayers is much, much higher than the cost of paying for her prescription would have been.

And the long-term cost to her heart and lungs and kidneys is even worse.

There is also the cost to employers and the state. Patients with unmanaged, chronic conditions who cannot afford to see a physician regularly often miss a lot of work. Or they may not be able to work at all, so they and their family must rely on a whole host of public assistance programs to make ends meet.

The second set of physicians’ concerns goes like this: As Texas seeks a way to expand coverage to include my patient and a million and a half Texans like her, how do we ensure that we also provide real access to the regular, consistent health care services they need to stay out of the emergency department (ED) or hospital?

The most recent TMA survey found only 31 percent of Texas physicians accept all new Medicaid patients. That number has plummeted from almost 67 percent since the turn of the century. Another 26 percent accept Medicaid with limits. For lots of practices, this means the physician will only see patients to follow up from an ED or hospital visit, rather than actively accepting Medicaid in his or her practice. My colleagues and I want to care for low-income Texans, but we also run small businesses that have to pay our staff and overhead. Plain and simple, pitifully poor Medicaid payments are driving physicians out of Medicaid.

So how do we ensure current and any future patients can get the care they need?

We can pay doctors Medicaid rates at least equal to Medicare. That will help ensure that Medicaid patients have a regular medical home for effective and affordable preventive and primary care and access to specialists when they are sicker or badly injured.

https://www.texmed.mobi/Template.aspx?id=26974

And few are complaining more than Texans. I can provide links all day. :coffeepap
 
Yep, most your jobs are low paying. Slightly better than minimum wage isn't heaven.

First are working poor patients who do not qualify for Medicaid, for whom Medicare is years away, and for whom private insurance is priced out of reach. I’m talking about uninsured patients like the 59-year-old woman with chronic congestive heart failure whom I see in a free clinic in Athens once a month. Except, that is, on those all-too-frequent occasions when she can’t afford her blood pressure medicine, and then I also see her in the hospital — where the bill to county taxpayers is much, much higher than the cost of paying for her prescription would have been.

And the long-term cost to her heart and lungs and kidneys is even worse.

There is also the cost to employers and the state. Patients with unmanaged, chronic conditions who cannot afford to see a physician regularly often miss a lot of work. Or they may not be able to work at all, so they and their family must rely on a whole host of public assistance programs to make ends meet.

The second set of physicians’ concerns goes like this: As Texas seeks a way to expand coverage to include my patient and a million and a half Texans like her, how do we ensure that we also provide real access to the regular, consistent health care services they need to stay out of the emergency department (ED) or hospital?

The most recent TMA survey found only 31 percent of Texas physicians accept all new Medicaid patients. That number has plummeted from almost 67 percent since the turn of the century. Another 26 percent accept Medicaid with limits. For lots of practices, this means the physician will only see patients to follow up from an ED or hospital visit, rather than actively accepting Medicaid in his or her practice. My colleagues and I want to care for low-income Texans, but we also run small businesses that have to pay our staff and overhead. Plain and simple, pitifully poor Medicaid payments are driving physicians out of Medicaid.

So how do we ensure current and any future patients can get the care they need?

We can pay doctors Medicaid rates at least equal to Medicare. That will help ensure that Medicaid patients have a regular medical home for effective and affordable preventive and primary care and access to specialists when they are sicker or badly injured.

https://www.texmed.mobi/Template.aspx?id=26974

And few are complaining more than Texans. I can provide links all day. :coffeepap

You better stay in Iowa as you would never make it in this state. The only ones complaining in TX are liberals who cannot make it without govt. support.
 
you gotta get yer numbers fixed, throw out all the illegal brown folks from the calculations
and throw out the rest of the non-whites and voila them Texan's are all 'bout as rich as JR Ewing
and while yer at it remember that the cost of living in nearly every place in that state is cheaper than dirt
and remember If yer gonna have ex'es you want em in Texass Wee Hoo

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You better stay in Iowa as you would never make it in this state. The only ones complaining in TX are liberals who cannot make it without govt. support.

Oh I've been in your state. It was no bother. But, you have been proven wrong yet again. ;)
 
So, can we now say that Obama policies are making it worse for the poor, and middle class yet...?

At the risk of sounding non-compassionate, I want to share some thoughts on the economy. I work in the consulting field. I have been there for a long time. It is a field filled with folks that are very accomplished academically. I have yet to meet an out of work Ph.D., an out of work MBA, an out of work MD, DO, PA, or an out of work DDS. I have yet to meet an out of work MSN, BSN, RN, or even CNA; or an out of work person with an EE or ME undergrad degree. When I see studies comparing unemployment to academia; it is clear that the only people being hit are those who either never finished high school, never finished college, or picked a college undergrad in something frivolous like music appreciation or art appreciation. I have a hard time feeling sorry for someone who poorly planned out their lives. How can I feel sorry for someone who drops out of high school and then can't find a job working in a coal mine or at a carpet mill because manufacturing is leaving USA or coal is no longer being used for power generation?
 
Oh I've been in your state. It was no bother. But, you have been proven wrong yet again. ;)

The poverty level in Iowa is over 10%(354,000 in 2011 with a population of 3 million) and you are concerned about a county in TX that has a poverty level less than 8%. I have been to your state as well and you live in a dream world as you have proven only yourself wrong.
 
The poverty level in Iowa is over 10%(354,000 in 2011 with a population of 3 million) and you are concerned about a county in TX that has a poverty level less than 8%. I have been to your state as well and you live in a dream world as you have proven only yourself wrong.
I told you I'm concerned about the nation. You made a cliam. You're claim was false. Don't try to dodge it.

But if you want to compare rates:


The Texas region defined by the cities of McAllen, Edinburg and Mission had the highest poverty rate in the country -- 33.4 percent.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/21/poverty-rises-despite-end-of-recession_n_1023946.html
 
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