Senate budget chief puts Medicaid, schools on chopping block

AUSTIN — Texas must overhaul current laws on Medicaid and public schools to slash spending on health and education and avoid broad tax increases, the Senate’s chief budget writer said Wednesday. The state also must cut certain medical services now enjoyed by poor adults and hope for help from Washington to eliminate a $6 billion funding gap in Medicaid, the state-federal health care program for the poor, said Sen. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan.
Garrett interviews Sen. Ogden, R-Bryan: http://dallasne.ws/i2fTdE