Arkansas’ Boozman reintroduces bill to add medical residencies to rural areas

Arkansas’ Boozman reintroduces bill to add medical residencies to rural areas

(Getty Images)Arkansas’ senior U.S. senator has reintroduced bipartisan legislation with the goal of creating more medical residency slots nationwide and retaining the doctors that train in those positions. The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act would lift the federal limit on the number of Medicare-funded residency slots, raising the total number by 14,000 over seven years. Arkansas would be among the states the bill prioritizes because …