Joint Letter to Congress in Support of Including the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021 in Budget Legislation

Joint letter to the Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee in support of increasing Medicare-supported Graduate Medical Education (GME) positions-such as through the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021 (S. 834/H.R. 2256)-in any upcoming budget reconciliation legislative package--such as the Build Back Better Plan.

Ally Perleoni

Committee on Finance; Committee on Ways and Means; Ron Wyden; Richie Neal; Mike Crapo; Kevin Brady; U.S. Senate; United States Senate; U.S. House of Representatives; United States House of Representatives; 117th Congress; Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021; S. 834; H.R. 2256l; workforce; physician workforce; health workforce; supply of internal medicine physicians; internists; internal medicine specialists; Medicare; training; medical residents; medical students; teaching hospitals; medical graduates; hospitals; GME; graduate medical education; direct graduate medical education; DGME; residency; residency slots; all payer GME; physician training; physician workforce shortage; primary care; specialty care; physician shortage; higher education; graduate school; medical education; early career physicians; student loans; medical school; education debt; student debt; public service; non profit; Indirect Medical Education; IME; residency training programs; rural; underserved; transparency; primary care physician; financing; residency caps; geographic maldistribution; GME payment; COVID-19; pandemic; coronavirus; health professional shortage areas; HPSAs; HPSA; new medical schools; caps; Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021; H.R. 133;

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