Medical Economics September 14, 2023
Legislation would pay for more physicians, nurses, dentists, to maximize services at community health centers.
A $26 billion investment in primary care could boost the workforce, improve patient outcomes, and spark new attention to the medical and financial importance of preventing disease instead of paying more to cure it later.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Sen. Roger “Doc” Marshall, MD, (R-Kansas) announced the new “Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act,” an agreement and legislation to address the nation’s drastic situation with primary care.
It includes training more physicians. The plan would invest $1.5 billion over five years in the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program to create more than 700 new primary care residency slots, resulting in up...
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