Texas has consistently been at the forefront in innovative efforts to control medical costs, utilizing market-based solutions to improve the quality of treatments and widen access to care for all Texans. Governor Perry has called for a rejection of federal mandates, and instead promoted state-based solutions, such as Texas' successful reform of the medical liability tort system in 2003. Reform has brought critically-needed doctors back to traditionally-underserved portions of Texas, many in specialties – such as obstetrics – that had been largely chased out of the state by out-of-control trial lawyers.

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»  The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has estimated that the House and Senate versions of the federal healthcare legislation could add $30 billion to $60 billion to the state budget, and would more double the number of Medicaid recipients in Texas.

News & Announcements

• Monday, March 26, 2012 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
  Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on U.S. Supreme Court Hearing on Obamacare
  Today is a landmark moment in the ongoing struggle against the Obama Administration's continued pattern of massive federal overreach and consolidation of power, as well as the resulting erosion of individual liberties, Gov. Perry said.
• Friday, March 23, 2012 • Austin, Texas • Noteworthy
  Obamacare: Nothing to Celebrate
  Two years ago today, President Obama signed into law his vision of health care reform, a far-ranging and ever-more-expensive collection of price fixing and individual mandates that will forever be known as Obamacare. Now, according to tradition, cotton is known as the gift for a second anniversary. But what do you get a federal government that wants to control everything? Unfortunately, the answer is more of your hard earned tax dollars.
• Thursday, March 01, 2012 • Austin, Texas • Editorial
  Obama Administration Placing Pro-Abortion Politics Over Women’s Health
  President Obama's Administration plans to cancel funding for a long-standing and cost-effective health and wellness program for more than 100,000 Texas women. This move will cut off access to screenings for breast and cervical cancer, hypertension and diabetes, STD testing and family planning services for Texas women who otherwise could not afford them.
• Thursday, February 23, 2012 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
  Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on Texas Joining Lawsuit to Protect Religious Freedoms
  Gov. Rick Perry released a statement regarding Texas joining a lawsuit challenging the Obama Administration's efforts to force religious organizations to include health care coverage for employees conflicting with their moral beliefs.
• Monday, December 12, 2011 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
  Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on CMS Decisions on Texas’ Healthcare Waivers
  Gov. Rick Perry today issued a statement regarding the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approving the Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program Waiver, and not fully approving the state's Women's Health Waiver, which was allowed under the previous administration.
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