Texas has the largest number of uninsured children in the nation. It also has the largest number of people living in poverty. These constituents need health care. Without access to services they suffer, as does all of Texas.

Repeal this law because: It stops people at high risk from testing. It perpetuates and increases stigma. No empirical data are available regarding the effectiveness of HIV serostatus exposure laws.  - NIH It puts the person with HIV in danger of violence. It was written in 1989 when HIV/AIDS was untreatable. It is used as a weapon against people that are positive. Treatment decreases the possibility of spreading the infection by 97%. It makes everyone with HIV a victim. A person with HIV can be punished when no risk occurred. Reform this law because: HIV is now treatable and is considered a chronic illness. Treatment is available. Treatment decreases the possibility of spreading the infection by 97%. Tuberculosis has punitive actions that only make treatment the mandatory sentence. Since 2008, only 10 people have been convicted of exposure to HIV. Over 4,000 people are not in treatment and reforming this law can play a major role in encouraging people into care.

I found out recently that I can not afford birth control since Govenor Brownback increased the cost of this medication for state employes and their families. Also Brownback has made it so state insurance will not cover any of the cost for a woman to get a Hysterectomies in the state of Kansas. Brownback should not be aloud to push his Catholic views on state employees. Make it known you still believe in religous freedom and sign our petition today. Thanks

South Carolina should not punish its poorest citizens by not participating in the Medicaid Expansion as part of the Affordable Care Act commonly referred to as "Obamacare".

The cost of dental care is out of control and is not regulated. Most dental procedures are considered cosmetic when in fact they are not. Treatment costs can be bargained which is unheard of in other medical fields. Person A will be charged $10,000 for a root canal OUT of pocket after insurance. Person B with the same insurance will only pay $600 for the exact same procedure at a different dentist.. There is no regulation on the cost a patient can or should pay. My wife recently underwent oral cancer treatment and the cost was over $25,000 out of pocket. They botched the treatment but there are no laws that protect patients who have a erroneous procedure done by a dentist. There are no regulations that will protect them and no Lawyer will touch a medical malpractice case involving dental mistakes. The same procedure was done by a different dentist and it only cost $3,500 out of pocket. the costs for these procedures need to be looked at. This is Price gouging!

There over tens of thousand of people that need Obama Care. but still the Governor of Texas won't join Obama Care....

My very intelligent daughter became psychotic in the 90s.She was diagnosed with Bi-Polar type 1 and had drug and alcohol addictions.. I was told that she would be in and out of mental institutions for the rest of her life. I said , "By God she will not." I thank God for the help she was able to receive without cost from the University of Pittsburgh.and a treatment center in another state for her addictions. It was a long hard battle.Only because of our determination and her will to get better she not only got her college degree from a highly regarded university but also got her masters degree. She presently is happily married with two children and a loving husband. She received the Excellence in Teaching award her first year teaching at a junior college. She is a wonderful mother and volunteer at school and in the community.

Nursing is the nations greatest resource and a great asset to reforming healthcare.Safe patient care is directly positively linked to the quality of all staff nurses work environments. Healthy work environments are empirically linked to patients satisfaction and to retention, reduced turnover, increased attraction, job satisfaction, and lower degree of job stress and burnout among nurses (Kramer, 2008).

My mother and father are in their nineties and pay $12,000 a year for health care in addition to Medicare and co-payments. They are not alone. I am 61 and nearing retirement, but like many seniors cannot consider retirement until I can be assured that healthcare costs will be contained so I will be able to afford it. If Obamacare will be providing and subsidizing healthcare to those not yet 65 who do not have health insurance why not put them on Medicare at 60 and contain costs by negotiating drug prices.

We need affordable Health Care NOW! As you gear up for changes in Health Care- January, 2014, you are stopping new applications for current programs, like the Bridge Program. Do something, help us find affordable insurance NOW!

I AM A SENIOR CITIZEN AND I KNOW MANY OTHERS WHO CANT AFFORD HEALTH INSURANCE . TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE ELDERS AND THE YOUNG AND INVALID IN THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS OFFER FROM THE GOVERMENT

I am a graduate student, 24 years old,and when I graduate, I will no longer be having Medical Insurance. I am one of the people who are struggling with a lack of health care. Working poor, people with disabilities, adults under 65, childless adults and others are not receiving health care all over the state and it is our responsibility and priority to ensure that they will be able to receive affordable health care with Medicaid Expansion.