Democrat Henry Cuellar’s South Texas congressional district has one of the highest rates of uninsured residents in the country. But he says he is still undecided over whether to support a health care bill that would help them.

Cuellar is a part of a fiscally conservative group in Congress that has proposed changes to the bill. More than 30 percent of the people in Cuellar’s district do not have health insurance.

“So that’s important to me but at the same time you don’t just give everything away,” Cuellar said. “You have to make sure you have a system that works well.”

Cuellar said he is worried about the bill’s impact on farmers and ranchers. Employers have said they would face financial stress if they are forced to buy health insurance for their workers.

“As an (agriculture committee) member I have a lot of rural areas that I have to contend with,” he said. “They had a problem with seasonal workers. I think it does address the issue, but we are still looking at it. We are trying to get more information on that.”

Cuellar says his other issues seem to be taken care of – like the public option that lets the government negotiate rates with doctors and hospitals directly. Many rural Democrats felt a system based on Medicare rates would underpay providers.