RE: Support of S. 834, the “Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act”
Dear Senator Menendez, Senator Boozman, and Leader Schumer:
As the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (Alliance), our mission is to advocate for sound federal
health care policy that fosters patient access to the highest quality specialty care. As patient and
physician advocates, the Alliance writes in support of your legislation, S. 834, the “Resident
Physician Shortage Reduction Act,” which would increase the number of Graduate Medical
Education (GME) residency positions an additional 2,000 residency positions each year for seven
years to tackle the severe physician manpower shortage.
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