Minibus Includes Health Care Workforce Funding Hikes

The minibus spending package lawmakers were moving through Congress Friday includes a slew of funding increases for health care workforce programs, including a $5 million funding bump for Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) slots that had been left out of earlier funding talks after some Republicans sought to tie the funding to restrictions on gender-affirming care. The second minibus package, unveiled by congressional leaders Thursday (March 21) morning, includes funding to keep HHS and five other agencies running through...