Nov 22, 2021, 01:38pm
The Biden administration is giving over a billion dollars to various healthcare initiatives, including service programs for medical students and professionals to work in hard-hit communities in exchange for scholarships and loan repayments, as part of the White House's larger effort at "keeping equity centered" in its response to the
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According to the White House press release, the investment from the coronavirus relief package will go to programs that deal with workforce shortages and healthcare disparity.
The initiatives give scholarships and loan repayment funding to students and healthcare professionals in return for service commitments in under-resourced communities.
More than 22,700 doctors, dentists, nurses, and behavioral health professionals are expected to be supported by the new funding.
The White House has invested billions of dollars in other equity-focused projects since the beginning of the Biden-Harris administration, including $785 million in funding for similar pandemic recovery measures.
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8%. The percentage of physicians who identify as Black or Hispanic/Latino is higher than the overall population. 25% of the physicians in the National Health Service Corps who identify as Black or Hispanic/Latino will be getting funding to help address racial and ethnic differences in health outcomes.
The key background.
The Covid-19 epidemic has exposed the inequalities in the U.S.'s health systems. People of color have been hardest hit. The National Health Service Corps is one of the programs that will benefit from the new investment. 23.6 million patients in parts of the country with limited healthcare access are served by the Nurse Corps and the National Health Service Corps.
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