"The rest of the country should take a good look at the situation in Texas, because this is what happens when you keep Medicaid enrollment as low as possible and don't undertake insurance reforms."
Elena M. Marks
Health policy scholar at Rice University, speaking of the Houston metropolitan area, which has one of the highest rates of uninsured people in America and a health safety net that's imploding under the demands of too many people and too few resources (McClatchy Newspapers/RNS)
"Think about it. We don't trust the state with our taxes, and we're going to trust the state to say who lives or dies?"
Joseph Ingle
Death penalty activist (The Huntsville Times/RNS)
"I've met with leaders from America's religious communities … people of different faiths and beliefs, some liberal, some conservative, who nonetheless share a sense of urgency; who understand that fixing our broken immigration system is not only a political issue, not just an economic issue, but a moral imperative as well."
Barack Obama
Speaking about the need for immigration reform (RNS)
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