Premier Urges Support for Children’s Hospital GME Bill

Premier and 28 other healthcare organizations sent a letter to House and Senate appropriators urging allocation of $758 million in FY 2025 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 pediatric healthcare workforce. The letter underscores the urgent need for the funding in light of the national healthcare workforce shortage, the youth mental health crisis and the threat of future surges in respiratory viruses among children.