Texas' share for providing health care to poor children, the impoverished elderly and the disabled is growing faster than tax revenues to pay for services, creating another state budget challenge next year, top agency officials told lawmakers Monday.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is a double-dipper, collecting a salary and retirement benefits simultaneously, according to a personal financial disclosure form made public Friday.
DebugScreen: mobile
{
"author": {
"name": "Chris Tomlinson Associated Press",
"webUrl": "/author/profile/chris-tomlinson-associated-press/",
"description": "",
"imageLarge": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f16d6fc2845f417ea0e93a3f2b6cd37d?s=136&d=mm&r=g",
"estimate": 3,
"social": [],
"articles": [
{
"uri": "/2012/07/05/fed-agency-ranks-texas-at-bottom-for-health-care-2/",
"title": "Fed agency ranks Texas at bottom for health care",
"byline": "Chris Tomlinson, Associated Press",
"kicker": "",
"prettyDate": "July 05, 2012",
"timeToRead": "1 minute",
"image": {
"uri": "",
"width": "",
"height": ""
},
"authors": [
{
"webUrl": "/author/profile/chris-tomlinson-associated-press/",
"name": "Chris Tomlinson, Associated Press"
}
],
"kickerNode": [],
"summary": "A scorecard issued by a federal agency has ranked Texas health care services and delivery as among the worst in the nation.",
"body": null
},
{
"uri": "/2012/05/07/medicaid-spending-growing-faster-than-texas-taxes/",
"title": "Medicaid spending growing faster than Texas taxes",
"byline": "Chris Tomlinson, Associated Press",
"kicker": "",
"prettyDate": "May 07, 2012",
"timeToRead": "4 minute",
"image": {
"uri": "",
"width": "",
"height": ""
},
"authors": [
{
"webUrl": "/author/profile/chris-tomlinson-associated-press/",
"name": "Chris Tomlinson, Associated Press"
}
],
"kickerNode": [],
"summary": "Texas' share for providing health care to poor children, the impoverished elderly and the disabled is growing faster than tax revenues to pay for services, creating another state budget challenge next year, top agency officials told lawmakers Monday.",
"body": null
},
{
"uri": "/2011/12/19/perry-double-dips-state-salary-and-pension/",
"title": "Perry double dips state salary and pension",
"byline": "Chris Tomlinson, Associated Press",
"kicker": "",
"prettyDate": "December 19, 2011",
"timeToRead": "2 minute",
"image": {
"uri": "",
"width": "",
"height": ""
},
"authors": [
{
"webUrl": "/author/profile/chris-tomlinson-associated-press/",
"name": "Chris Tomlinson, Associated Press"
}
],
"kickerNode": [],
"summary": "Texas Gov. Rick Perry is a double-dipper, collecting a salary and retirement benefits simultaneously, according to a personal financial disclosure form made public Friday.",
"body": null
}
]
}
}