President Barack Obama has requested a $3 million budget for the commission in the last two years, but Congress has yet to award it any money. In fact, the panel’s members, who were appointed in 2010, have no staff, agenda or budget and are “prohibited from meeting,” according to the report.
The panel is supposed to address healthcare workforce issues, such as the nation’s physician shortage.
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