Blog 8

In this post I agree with what Miguel Ramirez is saying, the state of Texas needs a reform on the health care system, and with this reforming and expanding health care is going to cost big spending money. And by all the money that will be need it will also affect budget cuts and if our schooling isn’t bad as it is, the schooling will also be affected way more. I personally think that the health needs a better program but with this in mind we need to stop and draw something out and get right to the point instead of trying all this methods and spending money that we don’t even have. Investigate more about the people that we are helping and make sure they aren’t taking this system to their “wants” and not their “needs”.

The Democratic Party is saying that they are all in for the pass of legislation on this health care system with the aid of Obama’s administration. But like Miguel states the “federal government will help Texas Medicaid beneficiaries is unclear, and both Republican and Democratic parties can agree that the Texas care system needs reform”. In the article   No Republican lawmakers have gone on record supporting the Medicaid expansion, which would have an estimated of  1.8 million Texans into the joint state-federal health plan by 2022 and the Kaiser Family Foundation, a health care think tank, estimates the expansion would cost Texas $5.7 billion between 2013 and 2022 .

Money money money is what drives the world that we live in. Should Obama pass or not the legislation and how much are we going to spend. To be honest we say and say what we are going to do and at the end its something different. Like I said before we need to really investigate where and how the money and aid is going to and if the people really need it or not! Texas has more than 6.3 million uninsured residents and the highest percentage without health coverage of any state! Does this system need improvement yes but what are we going to do I’m not sure of.

Plans Show Wide Gap Remains on Immigration

Jobs, opportunities and most importantly a better life style, as the American Dream is described.  In the article of Plans Show Wide Gap Remains on Immigration by Julián Aguilar, they talk about the resigning of U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison; introducing legislation as she co-authored that would give legal status to undocumented minors that intended to server in the military or attending college. With this being said and done it has allowed roughly about 11 million undocumented people to register with the federal government with submitting fingerprints, background checks, and the right to learn English and civics. But with this system also come with the right of paying taxes and contribute fully and legally to their economy and eventually earn a path to permanent residency and/or eventual citizenship.

As we all know nothing come easy to us .. so as Kay Hutchison stressed that her proposal and dubbed the Achieve Act and with co-authored by U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl. R-Ariz that the system  would not create a path to citizenship but would create a new visa system for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the country before they were 14 years old and have committed no major crimes! With this approved applicants would have to meet the requirements of meeting with Department of Homeland Security every 6 months and would not be eligible for student loans nor other public assistance programs. These Applicants also must have English proficiency and knowledge of the U.S. government. Applicants who have been approved for W-1 status will receive a W-1 visa will have six years to earn a college degree or serve in the military for four years. 

In my personal opinion this is a good thing for undocumented immigrants that come to this country to pursue their dreams and try to make a better life. If we think about it this world would not be who we are if immigrants were not here …. Even with a low min. wage they work as hard or even more to survive and pursue their dreams as much as a legal citizen!