The ADA is expressing support for the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act, a health care bill aimed at addressing workforce investment and increasing price transparency throughout the health care system.
Specifically, the ADA supports efforts to extend the Community Health Center Fund, the National Health Service Corps and the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program, which the organization said in a letter are “crucial steps towards shoring up our nation’s dental and medical workforce so that more Americans can have access to high quality health care.”
Expanding National Health Service Corps programs would address problems with health workforce distribution and local shortages, while also providing an opportunity for dentists to reduce student loan debt through service. The Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education would provide resources to dental programs by training residents to serve vulnerable populations in community-based settings such as federally qualified health centers and tribal health centers.
Source: ADA supports Lower Costs, More Transparency Act / American Dental Association