Most of us have a pet issue which we care about or work on and mine has been the failure of some of Texas' 300 disparate Indigent Health Care Programs to follow, or provide the coverage outlined in, Texas' Laws concerning those programs.
During my research today I discovered something which will make any future efforts meaningless.
The Affordable Care Act provides that all persons whose income is below 133% of the Federal Poverty Level will become eligible for Medicaid as of January 1, 2014. This will cover all persons currently receiving Indigent Health Care plus a whole lot more since the cutoff for Indigent Health Care is currently 21% of the Federal Poverty Level. This will also greatly expand the asset requirements which are currently in place and provide a large set of services which are not currently offered.
President Obama apparently had this message for me.