AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 6 -- The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issued the following news release:
Texas Comptroller Don Huffines today signed an executive order (https://comptroller.texas.gov/about/media-center/executive-orders/docs/20261002-exec-order.pdf) to abolish the tax on medical records and the systems doctors use to access them.
"No Texan should have to pay a tax to see their own medical records," Huffines said. "And no doctor should be taxed for pulling up the chart of the patient sitting in front of them. Healthcare is expensive enough. The last thing government should do is pile a hidden tax on top of it.
"Healthcare costs are outrageous and totally out of control. It is one of the top reasons that families file for bankru...