Abbott orders HHSC to report healthcare costs for illegal immigrants

Governor Greg Abbott last Thursday issued an Executive Order directing the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to collect information on illegal immigrants who use Texas public hospitals for inpatient and emergency care and to report incurred healthcare costs.In 2021, Attorney General Ken Paxton revealed that Texans pay an average of about $152 million a year to house illeg...

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