Blunders hurt needy children, lawmakers told
Source: By POLLY ROSS HUGHES, Houston Chronicle (TX), July 27, 2006, 10:14AM
AUSTIN — Behind every mistaken denial of low-income health insurance caused by problems plaguing a new contractor is a child, sometimes a very ill one, a children's advocate told lawmakers Wednesday. Seven months after the private contractor began screening applicants for the Children's Health Insurance Program and Children's Medicaid, mistakes continue, Raquel Oliva of Hidalgo County told members of the House Government Reform Committee. ... So far, the state has paid $102 million to Accenture under the contract.