Joint Letter of Support to Congress for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025 in the 119th Congress

ACP joins other health organizations to express strong support for the Rural Residency Planning and Development Act of 2025 (H.R. 6468).

ACP joins other health organizations to express strong support for the Rural Residency Planning and Development Act of 2025 (H.R. 6468).

McCarty

Rep. Carol Miller; Rep. Adrian Smith; Rep. Troy Carter; 119th Congress; Rural Residency Planning and Development Act of 2025; H.R. 6468; workforce; physician workforce; health workforce; supply of internal medicine physicians; internists; internal medicine specialists; Medicare; residents; training; medical residents; medical students; teaching hospitals; hospitals; GME; graduate medical education; direct graduate medical education; DGME; residency; slots; residency slots; Health Resources and Services Administration; all payer GME; physician training; physician workforce shortage; primary care; specialty care; physician shortage; physician workforce shortage; higher education; graduate school; medical education; early career physicians; student loans; medical school; education debt; student debt; public service; non-profit; Indirect Medical Education; IME; residency training programs; rural; underserved; transparency; primary care physician; financing; residency caps; resident caps; geographic maldistribution; GME payment; health professional shortage areas; HPSAs; HPSA; new medical schools; caps; access; Historically Black Medical Schools; new medical schools; rural health; rural healthcare; rural; Rural Residency Planning and Development; RRPD; pilot program; rural physician workforce

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