With almost 560 state employees per 10,000 Texas residents, the increasing cost of health insurance benefits means state lawmakers must allocate considerable funding for these benefits. While health insurance benefits are an appropriate benefit for state employees, there are things lawmakers can do to help control these costs.
Expanding government healthcare won’t help rural America
Pushing Medicaid expansion and Obamacare may be in vogue, but just because they’re trendy doesn’t mean expanding these programs is sound policy. Mississippi snagged headlines recently when its state House passed a Medicaid expansion bill. Members of both the Left and the Right lauded the move, while states such as Texas have drawn harsh criticism for resisting expanding the program. In...