Texas Governor Rick Perry has decided his state will not be taking part in the Affordable Care Act. Most importantly this means Texas will not expand Medicaid to everyone under 138 percent of the poverty line. From the Texas Tribune: “I stand proudly with the growing chorus of governors who reject the Obamacare power grab,” [...]

[Update II - Obama compromised and will deliver his speech on September 8th.] President Obama has requested a joint session of Congress to address them on the issue of jobs creation. The time he chose for this speech is September 7th at 8 pm, which happens to be the exact same time as the next [...]

It appears many of the most important corporate special interest groups in Texas are going to throw a super-awesome party for Gov. Rick Perry and his friends. Via Matt Yglesias from the Dallas News: The Republican governor and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst were the featured attraction Monday night at an invitation-only soiree for donors giving as [...]

The CBO has concluded that the design of the opt-out provision will end up denying the public option to roughly a third of the population in this country. CBO’s analysis took into account the probability that some states would opt not to allow the public plan to be offered to their residents. Rather than trying [...]