Expand the health care workforce.

We must expand the health care workforce.

Candidate commits to growing the health workforce.

Health | Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
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introduced the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Access Act, legislation to expand access to home and community-based care for older adults and people with disabilities while strengthening the caregiving workforce nationwide.

Schakowsky backed legislation that would expand HCBS access and strengthen the caregiving workforce nationwide.

Schakowsky, Dingell Introduce Legislation to Expand Home Care, Strengthen Care Workforce
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...introducing this legislation to strengthen our nation’s care infrastructure by expanding access to Medicaid home care, investing in the direct care workforce, and supporting family caregivers.

Schakowsky says the legislation will invest in the direct care workforce, increasing care staffing capacity.

Schakowsky, Dingell Introduce Legislation to Expand Home Care, Strengthen Care Workforce | Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
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I believe that the first step is to provide education and training, including expansion of the National Health Service Corps, Graduate Medical Education funding, grants and loan assistance.

Commits to workforce training and expansion measures, including NHSC, GME funding, grants, and loan assistance.

Health Care Workforce | Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
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Timely access to quality care requires a dedicated and well-trained workforce. As a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, I am working hard to ensure that we meet that goal. ... I believe that the first step is to provide education and training, including expansion of the National Health Service Corps, Graduate Medical Education funding, grants and loan assistance.

Schakowsky’s official issue page states an explicit goal to expand the health care workforce through training, loan assistance, and related federal programs.

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Health Care Workforce | Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
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Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Madam Speaker, I certainly urge all my colleagues to support the bill... The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and the bill, as amended, was passed.

Schakowsky moved and the House passed the EMPOWER for Health Act in 2019, a concrete legislative effort to reauthorize health workforce programs.

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Congressional Record, House: Educating Medical Professionals and Optimizing Workforce Efficiency and Readiness for Health Act of 2019
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Ms. Schakowsky introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. ... To reauthorize programs related to health professions education, and for other purposes.

Schakowsky introduced another workforce-related bill in 2025 to reauthorize health professions education programs, showing continued concrete action on workforce expansion.

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H.R. 4262 (IH) - To reauthorize programs related to health professions education, and for other purposes.
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