Texas reduced its Medicaid budget and has limited the payment for the people who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. It is hurting the elderly poor and their doctors who are doing the right thing—treating the frailest of the society. Dr. Javier Saenz has been practicing family-medicine in the impoverished town of La Joya since 1985. He is also the volunteer physician for the local high schools. Now Dr. Saenz has depleted his savings and asked a bank for credit in order to pay his staff.
We need a single-payer system now!
