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Readers suggest universal health care; support Proposition 9; disagree with a columnist about school vouchers; and support a local representative because she listens to constituents.Re: “Reducing Medicaid rolls is ‘right-sizing’ the program — Texas isn’t targeting the vulnerable in Medicaid; it’s protecting them,” by Victoria Eardley, Wednesday Opinion.According to The Texas Tribune, 2022 saw the lowest rate of Texans without health insurance in a decade.
All TRS retirees are suffering from inflation, but longer-term retirees are hit hardest. Many are struggling to pay their bills and are making difficult choices about food and medicine. Prop 9 will provide a tremendous value to our retirees, which in turn will benefit our local economy. But that began to change when Gov. Greg Abbott flipped the script on teachers. In November 2021, Abbott ordered the Texas Education Agency to investigate criminal activity in schools “involving the availability of pornographic material that serves no educational purpose.” That put a target on the backs of the state’s teachers.
Middleton says vouchers have been battle-tested elsewhere, citing Arkansas, among others, as an example. But the program in Arkansas is new, launching this school year, meaning that “battle test” is all of a few weeks old.Middleton cites polls showing Texans support vouchers. Yet, every poll I read, including ones printed in this newspaper, indicate vouchers to be well down the list of what interests voters.
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