Obama says Perry’s opposition to Medicaid expansion is “bullheadedness”
Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
DALLAS — President Barack Obama traveled to North Texas Wednesday to thank those working to help Texans sign up for coverage through the nation’s new health care plan — and to call on Republican Gov. Rick Perry to do more to help those without insurance.
He brought his defense of the controversial health care law to Texas, the largest Republican state where officials oppose the program as well as any expansion of Medicaid.
“There’s no state that actually needs this more than Texas,” Obama told a crowd of about 150 gathered at Temple Emanu-El, where volunteers work to enroll others in the health care program, before heading to two high-dollar fundraisers geared to help Democratic senators seeking re-election.
But he noted that efforts to carry out the health care law can be “especially challenging here in the Lone Star State,” prompting a woman at the event to shout, “We’re up to the task!”
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Head up one's assedness.
