WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today released a request for ideas and feedback from the public on graduate medical education financing. The leaders write, “Given the importance of graduate medical education, we would like your thoughts on GME financing, federal program governance and structure, and how it might be improved or restructured to better meet the country’s health professional needs in both the short and long terms."
The letter was signed by Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Rep. Gene Green (D-TX), Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Republican Conference Chair Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT), Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), and Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL).
Read the complete letter online here.
