Q&A: Bipartisan bill could raise interest in ID as a career

Key takeaways:

The bill, if passed, will reauthorize public health and bio-preparedness workforce loan repayment programs.

This could incentivize health care professionals to work in infectious diseases.

Bipartisan legislation that has been introduced to reauthorize loan repayment programs for some health care workers could entice more interest in a career in infectious diseases, experts said.

Last month, representatives Jason Crow ( D-C olo.) Mariannette Miller-Meeks ( R-I owa) , Lori Trahan ( D-M ass.) and Brian Fitzpatrick ( R-P a.) introduced legislation to reauthorize the Public Health and Bio-Preparedness Workforce Loan Repayment Programs.

Data derived from IDSA.

In a press release supporting the bill, the Infectious Diseases Society of America