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New Report on Texas' Troubled Outsourcing Experiment Tells Cautionary Tale for Sister States

  

Author:
Celia Cole /(512) 320-0222 x110

November 13, 2006

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A report released today on Texas’ experiment with outsourcing enrollment in key health and human services tells a cautionary tale about the state’s attempt to modernize the system that determines eligibility for health care, food, and cash assistance benefits. Over four million low-income Texans rely on these services to meet their basic needs.