claim: says the state's medicaid waiver proposal "has languished in a file cabinet at the centers for medicare and medicaid services for more than two years."
author: rick perry
evidence_1: jan 5, 2011 ... we at politifact are going to revisit the texas medicaid waiver issue because  gov. ... health care programs, has languished in a file cabinet at the centers for  medicare and medicaid services for more than two years. i checked ... and they  said that they had not yet received a revised proposal from the state.
evidence_2: aug 13, 2011 ... no one in texas politics has faced the truth-o-meter more than rick perry, who's  ... trumpeting his anti-tax appeal, perry said texas lowered the state's business  ... restructure its medicaid program "has languished in a file cabinet at the  centers for medicare and medicaid services for more than two years.
evidence_3: jan 5, 2011 ... a proposal was received in april 2008, after discussions were held on a previous  concept paper. ... i am writing about a medicaid waiver request that the state of  texas first submitted ... programs, has languished in a file cabinet at the centers  for medicare and medicaid services for more than two years.
evidence_4: nov 16, 2016 ... obamacare expansion states have enrolled more than twice as ... languishing  on medicaid waiting lists for needed services.15. sadly ... officials pegged  expansion costs at $2.7 billion for its first two years, actual obamacare ... the  kentucky cabinet for health and family services now says the program is “ ...
evidence_5: aug 15, 2018 ... centers for medicare and medicaid services ... the proposed section 1115  waiver is a critical step forward in achieving this goal and will move ...