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Journal Action Line: Reader asks about New Mexico’s persistent physician shortage.

By David Balat Doctors know that the key to a cure is the right prescription, administered at the right time. When it comes to the Texas health care system, expanding Medicaid is the wrong prescription — and it couldn’t come at a worse time. What’s a more effective approach? Improving Medicaid, so that it better serves those it’s meant to help, and expanding options for uninsured Texans without overloading our Medicaid system. First, the malady. Medicaid is an important program that was...