In the ongoing debate over Medicaid expansion in Texas, proponents have repeatedly advanced three myths. Here’s why their claims are false.
Personal responsibility added to Medicaid builds on previous welfare reform
In the run-up to President Bill Clinton’s transformation — not simply reform — of welfare, opponents predicted dire consequences such as people dying in the streets of starvation, low-income families driven deeper into poverty, low-wage individuals, especially single mothers, never finding jobs, healthy children turned sickly and driven into foster care. These warnings made great headlines, sold...