Durbin Meets With Illinois Primary Health Care Association
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today met with the Illinois Primary Health Care Association (IPHCA) to discuss workforce shortages in the health care sector, and funding to ensure Illinoisans can continue to get the high quality, affordable care they need. One in nine patients in Illinois are served by community health centers across urban, suburban, and rural parts of the state—providing primary, behavioral, and dental health care to patients regardless of their income. They also discussed the 340B Drug Pricing Program, which promotes prescription drug affordability and the ability of health centers to serve their communities.
“Health care is a basic right for all Americans, and community health centers play an essential role in expanding access to quality care for patients in rural and urban communities,” said Durbin. “I’m committed to ensuring our health centers have the federal resources and workforce to treat more patients with the care they deserve.”
In the American Rescue Plan, Durbin secured $1 billion for the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) scholarship and loan repayment awards to recruit more doctors, nurses, dentists, and behavioral health providers to underserved rural and urban areas.
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