2-Texas rejects key provisions of Obama’s signature health law
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Posted: July9th 2012
AUSTIN, Texas, July 9 (Reuters) – Texas Governor Rick Perry, said on Monday his state will not implement an expansion of the Medicaid program for the poor or create a health insurance exchange, leaving the state with the highest percentage of people without health insurance outside President Barack Obama’s signature law.
The announcement makes Texas the most populous state that has rejected the provisions. Some 6.2 million people are without insurance in Texas, or 24.6 percent of the state population, the highest percentage in the nation. California has more people without insurance but a lower percentage.
