Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Puts Patients First, Enhances
Primary Care Training across Michigan
LANSING—President of the Michigan State Medical Society John G. Bizon, M.D.
issued the following statement applauding the work of the Senate Appropriations Department
of Community Health Subcommittee, which today voted to restore recent graduate medical
education (GME) funding cuts while also enhancing primary care training across Michigan:
“Physicians across Michigan applaud members of the Senate Appropriations Committee
who today voted to put patients first by restoring critical medical education funding that allows
for enhanced training of primary care physicians to stem the impending physician shortage in
our state.”
“By preserving these critical education tools, it is clear that the primary focus of the
Subcommittee on the Department of Community Health was improving the health of Michigan
patients for generations and that’s great news for families across our state. Senator John
Moolenaar and his colleagues are to be commended for their work on this important issue.”
The Michigan State Medical Society is a professional association of more than 16,000
Michigan physicians. Its mission is to promote a health care environment which supports
physicians in caring for, and enhancing the health of Michigan citizens through science,
quality, and ethics in the practice of medicine. Please visit www.msms.org/ for more
information.
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