The short answer: Yes. A study from the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that a 25% increase in the flow of immigrants into the U.S. would prevent 5,000 deaths among older Americans.
Hiring in health care has helped propel the job market, but that momentum is slowing.
Amid existing staffing shortages, immigration crackdown threatens long-term health care.
Competition for medical workers can be fierce, requiring incentives like housing assistance or student loan repayments to recruit new hires.
A new federal program is dropping rural hospitals a lifeline to keep emergency services available as they struggle to turn a profit.
Many rural hospitals have closed during the pandemic, and their staffers found other work far away.
A new initiative from the Labor Department aims to up outreach and enforcement related to such issues.
The program helps licensed vocational nurses who work in state prisons to become registered nurses.
There are obvious benefits to ensuring health care workers are vaccinated, but mandates have costs too.
And with the rise in the use of telemedicine, some job losses, specifically in administrative services, may be permanent.
