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S1 Ep67: Immigration policy and the physician shortage with Thomas E. Price, M.D.
Thomas E. Price, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon and the 23rd secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), joins the show with an idea to address the health care workforce shortage: legal, employment-based immigration.
According to a recent Staffing Stream article, "An overlooked answer to the US healthcare crisis: Skilled immigration," by Ron Hoppe, there are:
10,000+ foreign trained physicians waiting overseas for U.S. visas;
15,000+ immigrant physicians already practicing in the U.S., awaiting permanent residency;
10,000+ internationally educated RNs who have passed the…
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