PolitiFact:Perry says state waiting on feds to act on health care proposal, false

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http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2010/may/01/rick-perry/perry-says-state-waiting-feds-act-health-care-prop/

Gov. Rick Perry, a critic of the new federal health care law, said in an April 15 interview with the Texas Tribune and Newsweek magazine that states could act on their own to reduce the number of residents who lack health insurance.

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Perry's point: Texas has proposed some good ideas to help its uninsured residents with health care, but the feds have chosen to sit on them.

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Perry portrays the request as still awaiting action by the feds. But the federal agency has told state officials that their proposal needs revision before it can be formally considered. In that sense, federal officials have acted, and the state is responsible for the latest delay that Perry decries.

We rate Perry's statement as False.

[MadMaddie]

1. Perry is an idiot! It's always someone elses fault!