On October 5, the Boston Globe published a letter to the editor from Healthcare Workforce Coalition member Kara Murphy (PRS Global) advocating for the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act (HWRA).
Murphy’s letter responded to an editorial that highlighted the severity of the national nursing shortage—and the broken immigration system that prevents thousands of qualified foreign-born nurses from legally working in the U.S. If Congress were to reform the system to allow unused visas to be recaptured and given to foreign-born nurses, more hospitals could address serious staffing shortages and ease the burdens faced by professionals currently in the healthcare workforce.
“At a time when all health care settings face a severe shortage of workers and a dramatic increase in demand for care, it only makes sense for Congress to pass the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act to remove barriers for these skilled professionals to care for patients here,” Murphy wrote.
To read the Boston Globe’s editorial, “The US has a nurse shortage. Here’s one part of the solution,” CLICK HERE.
To read Kara Murphy’s letter, “We could bolster our domestic workforce by easing the path for foreign providers,” CLICK HERE.