Is this really our healthcare dream?

          According to Tom Banning of the Austin American Statesman, “The lights are on, but nobody is in the medical home.” If you haven't read his article, http://www.statesman.com/opinion/banning-our-health-care-dream-turning-into-nightmare-1573394.html, this quote might not make much sense. He was referring to the fact that Texas legislature keeps enacting reform bills to help Texas medical students afford to become doctors by taking care of their debt (if they practice at 'undeserved communities'). I agree with everything Banning wrote. I think his intended audience, Texans, would also agree with his article although I'm not sure Texas legislatures or senate would agree.
          They enact reform bills that are viable and much needed then they take them away. It's like giving a baby a piece of candy, then taking it away. It's easy for them because it really doesn't effect them. 'Senate Bill 7 — the omnibus health care reform package from the special session — promised to drive down expensive variations in the care patients receive across the state, reduce medical errors resulting from miscommunication and improve outcomes, thus increasing the value of our scarce health care resources.' This bill was supposed to help reconstruct our broken healthcare system, but it just wound up forcing more people to use hospitals as their primary care instead of doctor offices. Like Banning said , this was caused by 'legislatures with the same legislative pen, slashing funding to Texas medical schools and residency programs.' These medical students are been forced to do their residency in other states because our funding was cut. In the beginning of Banning's article he sides with the few remaining healthcare visionaries that developed Senate bill 7, but then he goes into more depth about how the idea was great, but what was the point in enacting the bill if they were just going to cut funding to several healthcare budgets, which basically reversed the steps in the right direction. All in all, Texas' healthcare dream went down the drain. Texan healthcare is worse off then ever and I guess we will just have to keep dreaming.