Lawmakers aim for more funding for medical education programs

Lawmakers aim for more funding for medical education programs

Local congressmen are pushing a new bill to create more medical schools in underserved areas throughout the Valley.

The proposal for a trans-party law by the socialist deputy Guillaume Garot against medical deserts is being discussed in the National Assembly on Tuesday, April 1, while the inter-union of liberal doctors has been opposed to the law.

How to combat medical deserts? A bill will be considered by Members of Parliament on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Among other things, it plans to supervise the installation of liberal doctors in order to direct them to the underfunded areas. Liberal doctors' representatives strongly oppose it, so we have identified five other avenues, experienced in Brittany, and designed to facilitate access to care everywhere.

Costa, Gray propose congressional bill to address critical physician shortage in rural areas

Reading Time: 5 minutesTwo San Joaquin Valley congressional representatives have introduced a bill that could help address the vast shortage of doctors in the region, particularly in underserved areas. Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, and Rep. Adam Gray, D-Merced, say the Medical Education Act would, if passed, establish a program of grants to support expanded medical education programs in underserved areas of the nation.The Valley could be one of the …

Costa, Gray push to fund new medical schools in the Valley

Rep. Jim Costa (D–Fresno) and Rep. Adam Gray (D–Merced) have introduced legislation that would help build medical schools to provide more physicians in underserved areas.  They introduced the bill into the House of Representatives, while Senators Alex Padilla (D–CA) and Tim Kaine (D–VA) introduced the Senate version of the bill.  The big picture: The bill, titled the Expanding Medical Education Act, would provide federal grants to colleges by pr…

Lawmakers push bill to expand medical education in underserved areas

California Reps. Jim Costa (CA-21) and Adam Gray (CA-13), along with Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Alex Padilla (D-CA), introduced legislation aiming to help curb the physician shortage in underserved areas. The Central Valley has, for decades, experienced a shortage of physicians stemming from a number of reasons from education barriers to economic obstacles. Worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, the San Joaquin Valley saw the lowest supply of phy…