Expand capacity before demand peaks

Year 0 onward; continuous · HRSA; UHA; states (scope of practice)Discuss this step

Medicare Graduate Medical Education funding

expandedYears 0–5Provider payment & regulation

Today

Medicare funds most residency positions, capped since 1997 apart from recent small additions.

Under the plan

Moves to UHP with 14,000 new slots focused on shortage specialties.

Trade-off

More physicians long-run; training takes 3–7 years after medical school.