Highlights of Senate GOP health care proposal
A breakdown of the Senate Republicans' $100 million plan to improve health care access and affordability:
—4 Community clinic funding: $50 million.
—4 Loan forgiveness for doctors and dentists who practice in Pennsylvania for seven years: $10 million.
—4 Help for hospitals and doctors' offices to convert to electronic medical records: $10 million.
—4 Efforts to reduce infections that patients contract while hospitalized: $10 million.
—4 Creating a high-risk insurance pool for people denied coverage for medical reasons: $10 million.
—4 Tax credits for health-savings accounts: $5 million
—4 Establishing a volunteer network of specialty physicians: $4 million.
—4 Creating a registry of free prescription drugs: $1 million.
Source: Senate Republican caucus
