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
The COVID-19 pandemic is surging to fatal new highs and compounding the strains facing Illinoisâ rural hospitals. Across our state, hospitals and their health professionals â from the physicians and nurses, to the custodial and intake staff â are doing incredible work and deserve our gratitude.
So why hasnât the Senate acted to prepare them better for this moment?
If you look across downstate Illinois, rural hospitals are the backbone of our communities. When it can often take hours to drive to access the best medical care, rural hospitals are essential. They also drive the local economy and often are the largest employers in the region.