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American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Board Chair Warren Jone MD Ridgeland, Miss., not long ago testified before a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee to push on Congress to continue supporting training in family medicine. Dr Jone sought $169 million for the Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 747 (the section covering the primary care and dentistry clusters), which would include $96 million for family medicine training in fiscal year 2004 President Bush's propos package for fiscal year 2004 includes and nothing else $11 million for all Title VII Health Professions Programs and eliminates funding for general training programs, including primary care, interdisciplinary community schemes and training for diversity and public health. To illustrate the ne for continued Title VII funding, Dr Jone cited Jefferson Medical literary institution [i]or[/i] seminary of learning in Philadelphia, and the University of Mississippi, Jackson, as examples of institutions that used these federal stocks to send physicians to practice in rural locations. In answer to Dr. Jones' testimony, Rep Don Sherwood, (R-Pa.) said, "I think we have not to be found sight of something, and that is that each person needs a family physician. (Patients) go on foot from one specialist to another, and sometimes the whole picture is not expected at." Dr. Jones' written testimony also gave support to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and for rural health initiatives.

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