This proposed legislation was something that Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) sent to MSSNY to see if we thought it was something he should submit for consideration. I really thought I was something special when they sent it to me and asked for my input on the matter. You really know that people respect your opinion when they ask for your help before providing feedback to a senator (at least I like to think so).
I thought this sounded like a great way to address some of the needs of underserved areas. The idea is to build up community health centers. By establishing residency programs in some of our underserved areas, we increase patient access to care. Also, some of the people who are most likely to practice in an underserved area as physicians are the same people who do their residency in the same area. It doesn't fix all of the problems in our system, particularly when there are shortages in a particular area for a give specialty, but it's certainly a step in the right direction.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:S.896:
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