Texas shows 'em how to do it.

[alexamenos]

I think I remember reading recently that ~4million people in Texas (out of a population of ~25 million) are covered by Medicaid

4 million out of a population of 25 million?! Wow. That's a huge proportion.

I'm having trouble understanding how giving 17% of the population a suck on the state tit can be considered "stingy".

Amongst the remaining population, probably no more than 50-60% are employed in the private sector, so every working person is essentially picking up 1/3rd of the health care tab for one medicare recipient.

That's gotta run a couple or three grand a year.....

.....yeah, I'm having trouble understanding how dropping a couple grand a year on a complete stranger is "stingy".