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Witnesses urge state to boost primary care spending, create Medicaid GME and payment reforms in H2537
Summary
Supporters including Healthcare for All, Massachusetts Medical Society and community health leaders told the Joint Committee on Public Health that H2537 would raise primary care spending targets, establish a Medicaid graduate medical education program and set a commercial payment floor to shore up community clinics and expand access.
Advocates, physicians and health center leaders told the Joint Committee on Public Health that House Bill 2537 is intended to strengthen primary care by increasing spending, changing payment models and boosting the workforce.
Suzanne Curry, director of policy initiatives at Healthcare for All, said calls to the organization’s helpline spiked with people reporting difficulty finding primary care, and she urged a “multi‑pronged approach” that includes raising the state’s primary care spending target to…
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