permanent funds for training in pri...

permanent funds for training in primary care, including family practice, received no coin in the proposed 2003 fiscal year federal pack However, an appropriations bill was introduced in the House in succession January 8 that includes funding for the Public Health Service Act, Title VII, Section 747 that is similar to 2002 flushs Section 747 includes funding for the Primary Care and Dentistry cluster, which includes family medicine, general internal medicine and general pediatrics, physician assistants, and general and pediatric dentistry. The propos figures are $294 million for all Title VII funding, including $90 million for the primary care and dentistry cluster. The bill was introduced through Rep. Ralph Regula (R-Ohio), chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee in succession Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. "The (Title VII) programs for family medicine are designed to increase the number of family physicians overall and the number of family physicians who provide health care services and access to medically underserv populations," said James C Martin, MD president of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). "These programs also contribute significantly to solving health status disparities by means of creating diversity in the health care workforce."

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