Texas Kicks 5% of Dependents Off State Health Plan as Ineligible
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The Employees Retirement System of Texas removed about 5 percent of those receiving state health benefits as dependents after they couldn’t prove their rights to get the aid, the pension plan said in a report, citing an audit.
Health care cost the $23.6 billion fund $2.29 billion in fiscal 2011, according to a report distributed yesterday at the system’s board meeting in Austin. By November, about 11,500 recipients listed as spouses or children lost benefits. The plan had more than 545,000 members as of August, the report said.