Trump immigration policies could turn away much-needed foreign doctors, critics say
Hospitals say the $100,000 H-1B fee and travel restrictions are raising hiring costs and could deepen physician shortages.
- President Donald Trump's H-1B visa policies are complicating hospital hiring, with experts warning that high fees and complex regulations deter foreign-educated physicians from practicing in the United States.
- Seeking to curb program abuse, the administration raised H-1B fees to $100,000 last August and recently proposed a $103,265 fee, arguing these measures prevent employers from replacing native-born workers with foreign labor.
- The American Hospital Association reported that 64% of hospitals utilizing the H-1B program have paused or limited recruitment; foreign-educated doctors comprise 52% of geriatricians and 41% of internal medicine specialists.
- Attorney Andrew Wizner noted the "onslaught of new rules" has dissuaded applicants from applying, while 20 Democratic-led states won a federal court ruling in June to stop the fee increases.
- As federal barriers grow, about two-dozen states have enacted laws to facilitate medical licensing for foreign nationals, while the Conrad 30 Waiver Program remains critical to addressing shortages affecting 102 million Americans.
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Trump immigration policies could turn away much-needed foreign doctors, critics say • Kentucky Lantern
As the nation’s physician shortage worsens, some fear the Trump administration’s immigration policies will dissuade or prevent doctors who earned their medical degrees in foreign countries from practicing in the United States. Among all U.S. doctors, an estimated one quarter were educated abroad. But they make up an even larger proportion of physicians in many […]
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Trump immigration policies could turn away much-needed foreign doctors, critics say
As the nation’s physician shortage worsens, some fear the Trump administration’s immigration policies will dissuade or prevent doctors who earned their medical degrees in foreign countries from practicing in the United States.
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