Feds to spend $250M on building primary care

It’s no secret there’s a critical shortage of primary care docs. Uncle Sam is trying to do something about it.

The Department of Health and Human Services announced it will invest $250 million over the next few years to increase the number of primary health care providers.

Among the planned uses for the money are:

• Creating more primary care residency spots.
• Encouraging states to develop their own programs to increase their local primary care workforce.
• Supporting the training of more physician assistants in primary care.
• Encouraging more students to pursue nursing degrees full-time.
• Creating clinics run by nurse practitioners.

The spending is part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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