KFF Health News February 1, 2024
Rae Ellen Bichell

Federal policymakers have been trying for a long time to lure more primary care providers to understaffed areas. The Biden administration boosted funding in 2022 to address shortages and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) pushed sweeping primary care legislation in 2023.

But when KFF Health News set out last year to map where the primary care workforce shortages really are — and where they aren’t — we encountered spotty data and a whole lot of people telling us the absence of better information makes it hard to know which policies are working. Turns out, consistent national data is a pipe dream.

We analyzed the public data that doesexist: the federal government’s official list of primary care health professional “shortage areas,” created...

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Topics: Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, Primary care, Provider
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