AHA, national groups support Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
AHA and 51 other national organizations Feb. 27 voiced support for the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act (H.R. 6205/S. 3211), bipartisan legislation that would recapture 25,000 unused employment-based visas for foreign-born nurses and 15,000 for foreign-born physicians to help address staffing shortages.
“The United States is facing an urgent health care workforce shortage that is only expected to get worse over the next decade,” the group said in letters to the bill’s House and Senate sponsors. “Shortages of physicians and nurses contribute to increased wait times and reduced overall access to health services, which ultimately leads to worsening health conditions and outcomes.”
The bill was reintroduced last November.
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