Vice President Kamala Harris has announced that billions of federal dollars will be invested in the U.S.'s health care system.
She said that the administration is allocating $1.5 billion to uplift the country’s health care, particularly to those who need it throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and in the future.
"Today I announced our administration launched an historic $1.5 billion investment to help grow and diversify our nation’s health care workforce. This investment will help create more equitable health care in the communities that need it most," Harris tweeted Nov. 22.
The funding will support the National Health Service Corps, Nurse Corps, and Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery programs, according to a White House press release.
It will support more than 22,700 providers and “skilled doctors, dentists, nurses and behavioral health providers committed to working in underserved communities,” the White House stated.
It has been projected that there will be a shortage of nearly 60,000 primary care doctors, dentists and psychiatrists in the nation over the next decade.
