FAIR Act

Key Points

• This bill requires hospitals that train new doctors to report how many students from different types of medical schools apply and get accepted. It focuses on making sure students from osteopathic schools, who focus on whole-body health, get a fair shot compared to traditional medical students.
• Hospitals must promise they will consider both types of students for their programs. If they require an entrance exam, they must accept the specific test scores from either type of medical school instead of favoring one over the other.
• Hospitals that do not share this data with the government will face a 2 percent cut in certain federal payments starting in 2026. These payments help hospitals cover the high costs of training new doctors through the Medicare program.
• The government will publish this data on a public website. This transparency is intended to show which hospitals are opening their doors to all qualified medical students, helping to address the national doctor shortage.

Impact Analysis

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