Hill September 14, 2023
A bipartisan Senate bill from Health Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) would provide a significant funding increase for community health centers and other primary care programs in an effort to boost a shortage of health workers.
Funding for community health centers expires at the end of September, so the timing for an agreement was urgent. The bill is slated for a markup in the Health Committee next Thursday. However, a key Republican on the committee said he doesn’t support the effort, and questions remain about how the bill is being paid for.
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee ranking member Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said the bill calls for “drastic increases in federal spending” without...
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