Protests over Medicaid follow Perry to Washington, D.C.

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Gov. Rick Perry

Concerns about Texas opting out of Medicaid expansion dollars have followed Gov. Rick Perry to Washington, D.C. to a fundraising breakfast in his honor Friday morning.

People from Houston and Dallas and with the Texas Organizing Project ? a membership-based organization advocating on behalf of working families across the state ? have gathered outside the National Republican Club of Capitol Hill which is hosting the breakfast organized by the Texas State Society. They're demanding Perry accept billions of dollars offered by the federal government to expand Medicaid.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott accepted federal funds this week to cover the poor and uninsured leaving Texas as the last big-state hold out, the Texas Tribune reports.

Texas businesses could also benefit from the expansion, according to the Texas Hospital Association.

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