Americans suffer when hospitals close, nursing homes fall below care standards and mental health services become inaccessible. Immigration should be part of the solution.
Experts warn that the Trump administration’s new $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications could worsen healthcare’s workforce crisis, especially in rural areas, by making it prohibitively expensive for hospitals to hire international clinicians. Critics are also worried that the change could slow the pace of healthcare innovation by discouraging foreign workers from contributing to the tech and research sectors in the U.S.
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Numerous advocacy organizations are sounding the alarm over a recent HHS notice that restricts access to federal benefits for undocumented immigrants, as well as for those lawfully present.
A recent Urban Institute report found that the uninsurance rate for nonelderly people who aren’t citizens will be 39.2% in 2024, about four times higher than it is for the entire U.S. population at 9.8%.
On the heels of a job report showing triple digit job growth at venture-backed companies, National Venture Capital Association has urged Democrat and Republican leaders on Capitol Hill to create a visa for foreign-born entrepreneurs as part of the Let Immigrants Kickstart Employment Act of 2021.
The biotech industry has finally found its collective voice, signing an open letter condemning President Trump's ban on immigration from seven majority-Muslim nations. Some 166 industry leaders signed, though four out the five largest biotechs were absent.
Across the nation, state-based health insurance exchanges are searching for ways to better serve their communities while making enrollment easier, more personal, and more accessible for everyone.
Foreign doctors provide a vital lifeline for healthcare in the United States. About a quarter of doctors in the country were born abroad.
The Trump administration's temporary immigration ban has sparked an outcry from biotech CEOs and clinicians with many interpreting it as bad for business.
California Gov. Jerry Brown is giving serious weight to expanding MediCal coverage to undocumented immigrants in the state who fall under the protection of Pres. Obama’s recent executive order. The LA Times reports that the Brown administration is reviewing the idea, though cost could be a factor in any decision. “We’re still evaluating, but the […]
Immigration rights’ activists largely cheered President Obama’s recent executive order that would permit certain people already in the U.S. to stay in the country, but in California, it may also be a boon for expanded MediCal enrollments. Assuming it holds, the order announced last week would affect some 5 million people of immigrant status. Currently, the Affordable […]
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