How Texas Can Meet the Growing Demand for Health Care

I read an article from the Austin American Statesman by Dr. J. James Rochack. He talks about the growing demand for health care and what Texas can do to prevent future problems. As of right now Texas ranks behind other states when it comes to licensed physicians. He says in order to fix this problem Texas needs to open more residency training schools. In order to be a physician it requires more training than four years of medical school and right now Texas isn’t providing that. Students have to move just to continue their training to be a physician, which leads to a loss of physicians in Texas. He also says to make sure we provide the right health care to Texans we need to focus on the continuum of medical education. For us to do that we must provide not only the education but the training as well. I agree with everything Rochack has to say. Texas is going to continue to grow over the years and there’s going to be an increase in the demand for health care. In order to keep up with the population growth we need to provide the right schools to train physicians. I believe his intended audience is the state because they are going to be the one to fund the school. Also, anybody that has medical problems and depend on doctors for help. The more people that speak up about the issue, the more likely the state will open a new school. Rochack is a cardiologist and the director of the Temple-based Scott & White Center for Healthcare Policy; therefore I’m pretty sure he knows what he is talking about.