CHCF: Federal Cuts Threaten Teaching Health Centers and California's Rural Doctor Pipeline

California Health Care Foundation warns that proposed federal cuts would devastate Teaching Health Center residency programs that train primary care physicians specifically for under-resourced communities. CA has 23 THC programs producing ~200 residents annually — 55% practice in rural/under-resourced areas post-graduation. Loss of THC funding would collapse the pipeline at a time when CA already faces a 4,100 primary care physician shortage.