Rick Perry's Position on Health Care
2012 Presidential Candidate Positions on Health Care
Rick Perry is the current governor of Texas, a position he has held since 2000 when George W. Bush resigned to become President.
Perry has been a vocal opponent to President Obama's 2009 health care reform bills. As governor of Texas, he passed a tort reform bill the capped the non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases. He generally opposes government-run health care programs. Under Perry's governorship, Texas became the state with the highest percentage of uninsured residents.
Individual Issues:
- Supports the repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- Wants put more control of health care into the hands of the states
- Wants to expand tort reform
- Medicaid should have block-grants so that states can find their own solutions
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