The purpose of this report is to explore ways to reduce expenditures for the public school employee health insurance program. The question is whether the $1 billion dollar per year program is a bane in adding to the depth of the budget deficit or a boon in providing clues to reduce expenditures for all of the state’s health insurance programs costing over $10 billion per year.
Health Care
Don’t Fence Me In: Challenges for Health Care in Rural Texas
LLANO, TEXAS—Dr. Jack Franklin often stops for coffee on his way to his modest office in this Texas Hill Country town. With a population of about 3,300, Llano is small enough that he’s bound to bump into a patient or two from time to time. At the Fuel Coffee House, he’s even served his daily...
March 16, 2026