May 22, 2023: MGMA and coalition partners express support for S. 1302, the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023

May 22, 2023
 

The Honorable Bob Menendez	The Honorable John Boozman
U.S. Senate	U.S. Senate
528 Hart Senate Office Building	555 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510	Washington, DC 20510

 

The Honorable Chuck Schumer	The Honorable Susan Collins
U.S. Senate	U.S. Senate
322 Hart Senate Office Building	413 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510	Washington, DC 20510

Dear Senator Menendez, Senator Boozman, Senator Collins, and Leader Schumer:

On behalf of the Graduate Medical Education (GME) Advocacy Coalition, the 80 undersigned organizations offer our enthusiastic support for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023 (S. 1302). This bipartisan legislation is crucial to expanding the physician workforce and to ensuring that patients across the country are able to access quality care from providers.

The need for physicians continues to grow faster than supply, leading to an estimated shortfall of up to 124,000 primary care and specialty physicians by 2034.1 America’s medical schools, teaching hospitals, and their physician partners are doing their part by investing in physician and health care provider training and leading innovations in new care delivery models that are more efficient and include better use of technologies that improve patient access to care. Even with these efforts, however, shortages and access challenges will persist unless we expand the physician workforce. With demand for physicians continuing to outpace supply as both the patient population and physician workforce continue to age – it is critical now more than ever that Congress build on recent bipartisan efforts and invest in training more doctors.


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