Texas State Capitol building at 1100 Congress Ave. in downtown Austin, TX. Photo: Dennis Burnett for ALM

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation into Superior HealthPlan, one of the state's Medicaid providers, after the CEO admitted during a public hearing that the company had spied on Texans.

Tae Andrews, senior counsel at Calfee, Halter & Griswold said "underhanded maneuvers" like this reinforce some people's distrust of insurance companies, seen on full display when many Americans celebrated the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

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