Texas Democratic gubernatorial nominee visits Beaumont

By JENNIFER AVILLA, The Enterprise
06/16/2006


If elected, Bell plans to try to undo the $899 million five-year contract signed last year between Accenture and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission in a privatization effort to outsource state eligibility and enrollment to Medicaid and other health programs.
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Brad McClellan, Strayhorn's campaign manager and son, said Bell is twisting Strayhorn's words.
"The recommendation she made on call centers was not to outsource or privatize them. It was to use call centers to make the state more efficient," McClellan said.

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