Life expectancy in red states is much lower than in blue, and lower than in many not so wealthy foreign countries. Health care for the poor in Texas is negligible. One has to earn less than $4,000 yearly (13% of the federal poverty level). GOP politicians won't fund health care, even when the feds pay 90% of the tab (as with Medicaid) because they don't believe in taxing to achieve any public goods.
Info above gleaned from Substack columns by Dean Baker and/or Paul Krugman.
wow, you're good! I wish there were traces of any goodness in the current US government...
Life expectancy in red states is much lower than in blue, and lower than in many not so wealthy foreign countries. Health care for the poor in Texas is negligible. One has to earn less than $4,000 yearly (13% of the federal poverty level). GOP politicians won't fund health care, even when the feds pay 90% of the tab (as with Medicaid) because they don't believe in taxing to achieve any public goods.
Info above gleaned from Substack columns by Dean Baker and/or Paul Krugman.