Joint Support Letter to the U.S. Senate for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021, S. 834, in the 117th Congress.

Joint support letter sent by ACP and over 50 medical organizations to Sen. Bob Menendez, Sen. John Boozman, and Sen. Chuck Schumer for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021, S. 834, to increase and fund new Medicare Graduate Medical Education residency slots by 2,000 per year for seven years.

Ally Perleoni

Rep. Terri Sewell; Rep. John Katko; Rep. Tom Suozzi; Rep. Rodney Davis; Sen. Bob Menendez; Sen. John Boozman; Sen. Chuck Schumer; 117th Congress; Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021; S. 834; workforce; physician workforce; health workforce; supply of internal medicine physicians; internists; internal medicine specialists; Medicare; training; medical residents; medical students; teaching hospitals; hospitals; GME; graduate medical education; direct graduate medical education; DGME; residency; residency slots; Health Resources and Services Administration; all payer GME; physician training; physician workforce shortage; primary care; specialty care; physician shortage; physician workforce 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; health professional shortage areas; HPSAs; HPSA; new medical schools; caps

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