Medical Economics September 22, 2023
Legislation has bipartisan support, but critic says it’s throwing money at a problem with no guarantee it will help.
A Senate committee has advanced a bipartisan plan to improve primary care as one way to repair a “broken” American health care system.
The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) advanced the Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act. The legislation, approved 14-7, would add to the primary care workforce and improve patient outcomes by investing in health and addressing illness instead of paying more to cure it later.
“Everyone in America understands that our health care system is broken and getting worse,” bill cosponsor Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) said in a statement. Sanders and Sen. Roger...
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