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Becker's Hospital Review | Healthcare News & Analysis
The U.S. healthcare workforce could undergo a transformation amid employment visa restrictions and future Medicaid cuts.
The Trump administration’s visa and travel restrictions, increase in deportations and Medicaid changes could further disrupt healthcare’s workforce, as well as the nation’s at large.
Four things to know:1. International clinicians account for approximately 20% of America’s healthcare workforce, making up 27% of physicians and surgeons, 22% of nursing assistants and 16% of registered nurses.
The law will also eliminate 1.2 million jobs nationwide in 2029, according to estimates from the Commonwealth Fund.
Approximately 497,000 healthcare jobs will be lost, CBO estimated, including 77,200 jobs in California and 51,100 in New York.