Health Savings Accounts for State Employees and Retirees

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Elizabeth Young

Allowing Texas state employees and retirees the option of choosing a Health Savings Account (HSA) plan is a solution proven to lower costs without impacting quality or access to health care.

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Homelessness Services Audits

In 2013, the Obama Administration offered “Housing First” as the means to end homelessness in 10 years. Over a decade later, homelessness is more prevalent than ever, and taxpayers have been financing ever-increasing funding to programs that are failing to achieve their stated goal of ending homelessness. Key points: The “Housing First” approach was proposed...

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