Roper: Privatizing welfare services would put profit above children
Source: Tiffany Roper, CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY PRIORITIES, Austin American Stateman, Monday, March 19, 2007
Texas recently announced the termination of its contract with Accenture, the private company the state hired to enroll Texans in health care, food stamps, and other social services. Though privatization was supposed to save the state money and improve services for families, thousands of the most vulnerable Texans were wrongly denied benefits and the state didn't save a dime.