The results of the 2024 elections will be felt as the Congress and the President consider the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, including the future of the Federal student loan programs, the cost of college and graduate programs and the safety and tolerance the views of a diverse student body. It will also resonate in the access to oral health care and how it might be expanded, how practitioners will be compensated and expanding the workforce. This session will give insight and context to the current discussion and the debates to come.
Learning Objectives:
Identify the goals of relevant Congressional Members and Committees as well as the Administration plans for higher education policy and health policy for the next two years.
Explain the U.S. Department of Education’s and Congressional Committees plans concerning access to student loans and its plans for repayment and forgiveness programs.
Describe the policy goals of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Congressional Committees intention for health care workforce needs, including those for the oral health workforce.
