Over a dozen members of the Healthcare Workforce Coalition met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill urging lawmakers to swiftly pass legislation that will ease the serious U.S. healthcare workforce shortage impacting providers and patients across the country.
Representatives of the HWC met with the offices of Sens. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), John Fetterman (D-PA), Ashley Moody (R-FL), Bernie Moreno (R-OH), Rick Scott (R-FL), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Todd Young (R-IN) as well as Reps. André Carson (D-IN-7), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD-3), Steny Hoyer (D-MD-5), Bob Latta (R-OH-5), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7), Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8), Maria Salazar (R-FL-27), and Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11).
Fly-in participants discussed Reauthorization of the Lorna Breen Provider Protection Act (S. 266/H.R. 929), the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act (HWRA), and policies that will strengthen the workforce pipeline and education programs that are training our next generation of health professionals. They also shared the real-life, frontline stories of how staffing shortages, barriers to international workforce support, and program capacity constraints are negatively impacting their abilities to fill dangerous gaps in the workforce.
The Healthcare Workforce Coalition thanks representatives from Ascend Learning, Brickyard Health, Fisher Titus Medical Center, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, LifeBridge Health, MedPro International, MedStar Health, Meritus Health, PRS Global, and St. Joseph’s University for participating in this fly-in and sharing their stories with lawmakers. We look forward to keeping the dialogue open and working with lawmakers to pass these important bills.
