State estimates health care overhaul will cost Texas $27 billion

Garrett reports on wide disparity between state, federal estimates of health care costs:

AUSTIN – Texas, accused of vastly inflating its costs under the health care legislation that President Barack Obama signed last week, just upped the tab.


Health and Human Services Commission chief Tom Suehs presented lawmakers Wednesday with an estimate of $27 billion over a decade to expand health insurance coverage. It had been about $24 billion.