Less money, more demand: declining revenues, growing caseload challenge lawmakers.
Even though Texas has escaped the worst of the nation's economic blight, state lawmakers are having a rough time meeting the increasing demand for health care services by those affected by a bad economy. The state comptroller says the legislature has to meet that demand with $9 billion less than it had two years ago.
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