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- CAP and over 50 Physician Groups Urge Lawmakers to Mitigate Health Care Workforce Shortage
The CAP and more than 50 physician and health care groups strongly urged Congress to support the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act.
In a February 27 letter to the House and Senate, the groups said the United States is facing an urgent health care workforce shortage that is expected to get worse over the next decade. In response to this crisis, the groups strongly support the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act. This legislation would initiate a one-time recapture of up to 40,000 unused employment-based visas – 25,000 for foreign-born nurses and 15,000 for foreign-born physicians – so they can strengthen and provide stability to the US health care system. The legislation would also allow for thousands of international physicians who are currently working in this country on temporary visas with approved immigrant petitions to adjust their status.
The CAP will continue its advocacy efforts finding legislative solutions to address the health care workforce shortage and protect the value of pathologists.