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Archive for July 21, 2007

NO HUMANITARIAN WORK AUTHORIZATION FOR FOREIGN PATIENTS OR CAREGIVERS

The International Herald Tribune reports on the worries faced by families who come to the US for the serious medical needs of a child and are not permitted to be gainfully employed.  Just another example of how our immigration system is dysfunctional, for doctors (see previous post) and patients alike.

Even though Congress cannot agree on a comprehensive solution to our immigration crisis, improving it piecemeal is better than nothing.  They could start with:  (1) increasing the number of visas (immigrant and non-immigrant) available, (2)  the Dream Act, and (3) Humanitarian Work Authorization in cases such as the ones described in the article.

RURAL AREAS FACE A SHORTAGE OF DOCTORS

According to an Associated Press article that appears in today’s Washington Post: “A national shortage of doctors is hitting poor places the hardest, and efforts to bring in foreign physicians to fill the gap are running into a knot of restrictions from the war on terror and the immigration debate.”

Looks like we continue to shoot ourselves in the foot with our failed immigration policies, and we now lack the doctors to bandage the wound.

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