The cost of providing health insurance to state employees and retiree’s has increased about 94 percent since the 2000-01 biennium. As costs continue to increase without any corresponding increase in real benefits, both employees and taxpayers suffer.
Health Care
TrumpRx is a Game-Changer, Texas Can Go Even Further
President Trump’s TrumpRx initiative is a game-changer in the fight to lower prescription drug prices for everyday Americans. For far too long, prescription medication costs have been obscenely high, not because of the true cost of research and manufacturing, but because of a tangled web of insurance plans, middlemen, and opaque price-setting that enriches gatekeepers...
February 6, 2026