Good afternoon,
This morning, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, Pensions (HELP) issued a broad Request for Information (RFI) seeking input on causes of and potential solutions for healthcare workforce shortages. Here is the language issued:
On February 16, 2023, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, Pensions held a hearing "Examining Health Care Workforce Shortages: Where Do We Go From Here?" The hearing aimed to understand the root causes of our current health care workforce shortages, and explore potential legislative solutions. During the hearing, we heard from the perspectives of medical and nursing colleges, a health system, and a health care economist.
Now the Committee would like to request input from all stakeholders to best understand your views on the drivers of health care workforce shortages and hear your ideas on potential solutions.
This year, we intend to identify bipartisan solutions to remedy our nation's health care workforce shortages and develop these ideas into legislation.
The deadline for comments is Monday, March 20, 2023. Please share your experiences with us by completing this short survey or feel free to email me directly with any thoughts or comments at kwheeler@nahc.org.
Thank you!
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Kristen Wheeler
Executive Director of Private Duty at NAHC
National Association for Home Care & Hospice
Washington DC
(305) 849-1300
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