The Dallas Morning News is running a four-part series about Texas’ poor treatment of the vulnerable:
“Texas has long been hard on the weak and vulnerable. It fares badly in national surveys of child poverty, food assistance and care for the mentally ill and disabled.
“But it isn’t only the poor and afflicted who need help; everyone relies on state government for some protection.
“Not everyone receives it.”
The first part looks at the privatization of programs for the poor, disabled and elderly, finding that private companies, lobbyists and former state officials are profiting even as complaints about the programs grow.
Reporter Gregg Jones write about Evercare, a program that is “supposed to coordinate medical and long-term care for more than 80,000 elderly, blind or disabled North Texans.”
Part two of the series, about health care corporations trying to limit public access to information, is scheduled to run Jan. 11 & 12. Part three, focusing on environmental concerns, will run Jan. 18 & 19. Part four, about the high insurance premiums Texans pay for reduced coverage, will be Jan. 25.
