Premier Urges Support for Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education Funding

Premier and 22 other healthcare organizations sent a letter to House and Senate appropriators urging allocation of $778 million in FY 2026 funding for the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program. The added funding would help close the current per-trainee funding gap among federal programs supporting physician training as well as bolster the workforce. This is particularly necessary with the nation’s healthcare workforce shortage and children’s mental health crisis.