AAFP Highlights Primary Care in Rescue Package Needs
Pay Parity, Workforce Priorities Among Key Academy Asks
February 15, 2021, 3:15 pm News Staff — In a
Feb. 10 letter to congressional committee leaders, the AAFP called for legislative action to bolster primary care and improve Americans’ access to it. The recommended measures, wrote the Academy, are in close alignment with the Biden administration’s COVID-19 stimulus and recovery plan.
“The American Rescue Plan calls for significant investment in COVID-19 vaccinations, testing and treatments. Primary care is a critical gateway to all of these,” the letter said. “Additionally, primary care physicians are among the most trusted advisers for vaccine decisions and will be