ACA Workforce Panel Has Yet To Meet, Senators Say
On Tuesday, members of a U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging subcommittee said that a panel called for by the Affordable Care Act to prepare for an anticipated health care provider shortage has not yet been funded or convened. Under the ACA, the National Health Care Workforce Commission is supposed to examine health care workforce needs in rural and "medically underserved" areas and the capacity of the nursing workforce, among other issues.
- "The Invisible Health Care Panel" (Cheney, Politico, 1/30).