Austinist: Report: Texas Leaving Many Children Behind

guest

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:16:07 -0600

It's heartbreaking that ANYBODY can't get health care because of a lack of insurance - let's not reduce this to age brackets. What I think is more disgusting is that people have children when they can't afford them and they don't deal with that by getting a better job or having an abortion or giving the child up for adoption. Let's face the facts - what you're saying (and what I am definitely saying) is that poor people should not be having kids. The only difference in our thinking is that you think they should get a reward if they do get pregnant or impregnate someone, and I think they should have to deal with the pregnancy on their own.

heyzeus

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:29:50 -0600

It's hard to discuss Texas' uninsured children problem without a real discussion of the failures of CHIP and the state's bungled Accenture contract.

guest

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:46:07 -0600

Looking at California's stats (I've heard they have some immigrants too), they're far better off than Texas is. Maybe the problem is lack of sex education and an overabundance of the "my child isn't having sex, he/she can do no wrong" attitude in a lot of parents these days.

guest

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:14:02 -0600

As a Texas educator, I'd say that perhaps our government, state and national, should put more focus on these more pressing social issues rather than making sure every child in the state can pass some ridiculous standardized test ( which is, at best, a mediocre measure of one's intelligence and readiness for the work place). If teens are having babies, they are more likely to drop out of school and add to that poverty statistic AND that uninsured child statistic. It is heartbreaking that a child would not get quality health care because of lack of insurance.

guest

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:31:01 -0600

There is NO excuse for the amount of uninsured children in this godforsaken state.

guest

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:49:00 -0600

How much does this have to do with so many illegal immigrants living in Texas as compared to other states? I know other states have a lot of illegal immigrants, but Texas seems to have about 80 tons of them.