New licensing requirement for foreign physicians should raise red flags for immigration lawyers, as well as other attorneys interested in equal protection and access to quality medical care.
A veritable perfect storm has created physician shortages in Texas. Contributing factors include budget cuts, lack of graduate medical education programs, an anticipated influx of patients under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and a reduction in the number of Texas physicians accepting new Medicare patients, according to “Where Have All the Doctors Gone?” in the August edition of Texas Hospitals magazine, published by the Texas Hospital Association.
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