Who needs doctors anyways? Texas does!

According to the article, Tough times for teaching hospitals, the state Legislature is cutting funds from doctor-training programs. Texas is already ranked 42nd in the number of physicians per population, losing doctors because our state doesn't have enough residency slots in order to train the medical students. Dr Kenneth Shine, the University of Texas System's executive vice chancellor for health affairs, says that the state cuts will have a huge impact and threat for our state to be able to provide health care to Texans. State cuts include cutting funding for doctor training programs by 60%. Charles Kuffner states that he thought the reform was going to solve all of our problems with the shortage of doctors in our state.I have to agree with his blog when disagreeing to the cutting funds of the medical field. Education was supposed to be the place that stays safe no matter how bad our economy got yet it's where some of the biggest cuts are being taken from. Yes, Texas needs to cut spending in numerous places, but education should be the last considering they are the future of our state. In the blog, Kuffner states ,"We're not doing what's smart of what's fair, we're doing what's left to do after a whole range of other options are taken off the table." This I also agree with. Cuts are being made from the wrong places especially when Texas is trying to raise the percentage of people who have higher education. How do they expect to do this when they are taking away opportunities, especially from the medical field when that's what is in demand now?