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The shocking truth about immigrants in health care

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Key Takeaways

The U.S. health care system anticipates significant physician and nurse shortages in the coming decade, with varying impacts across specialties.
Immigrants are playing an increasingly vital role in filling health care workforce gaps, as highlighted by a Remitly study.
Immigration policies supporting foreign-trained health care professionals are crucial to addressing workforce shortages and sustaining health care services.

With massive shortages looming for both the number of physicians and nurses in the U.S. in the coming decades, immigrants are set to play a key role.

The U.S. health care system is facing a looming shortage of both physicians and nurses in the next decade. Some professions are facing bigger shortages than others, but immigrants are playing a key role.

A study by Remitly found that immigrants may be playing a much larger role now than some realize. Here are the key findings:

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