As America faces a healthcare staffing crisis, the time is now for legislators to implement thoughtful legislation to rehabilitate the sector. Simply, the U.S. does not have enough nurses. Widespread burnout, waning resources, and stressful conditions have rendered a nationwide shortage of nurses. With an aging population and no robust pipeline of future healthcare professionals…
America’s healthcare sector remains crippled, even in the aftermath of COVID-19. A recent op-ed from The Hill explained that Americans will face a gap between 200,000 and 450,000 nurses by 2025. To fully rehabilitate the sector, the U.S. must double the nurses entering the workforce annually—all while current practitioners are leaving the field at an…
Foreign-educated nurses are poised to “help fill the gaps in care that will soon become chasms,” writes 60 Plus president Saul Anuzis in a new opinion piece. Anuzis notes that according to estimates, “by 2025, the U.S. will experience a shortage of up to 450,000 nurses — up to 20% of the entire workforce.” While…
A recent study by economist Alyssa Nuñez of the University of Asia and the Pacific found that remittances from overseas foreign workers (OFWs) are a driving force of the Filipino economy. Remittances are salaries earned abroad, sent back to families, and spent in the Philippines. These payments power the nation’s consumption-driven economy. In fact, in…
Last week, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced new legislation to target factors contributing to the nationwide nursing shortage. The Nurse Faculty Shortage Reduction Act addresses the pay gap between clinical and faculty nursing staff by providing a federal wage differential. The current pay disparity discourages nurse leaders from…
A new RealClearHealth opinion piece by Chris Carmona highlights the dangers that frivolous litigation poses to the country’s health care system and supply of crucial labor. Carmona writes that a nurse from the Philippines has sued her employer, CommuniCare, as well as Worldwide HealthStaff, the firm that recruited her. The nurse alleges that by holding…
In the midst of America’s nursing shortage, it is imperative that leaders in the healthcare sector and legislators employ all tools at their disposal to find a solution to the crisis—including employing foreign-educated nurses. A key part of this is ensuring that the visa process is efficient, fair, and working in Americans’ best interests. In…
While the immediate effects of the nursing shortage are well documented, the long-term ramifications on the pipeline of workers are more subtle. A new report from the Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University at Albany’s School of Public Health details the bleak outlook on the nursing education industry. The report found that one…
Gerard Scimeca, an attorney and the chairman of CASE – Consumer Action for a Stronger Economy, wrote a recent opinion piece about the nation’s nursing shortage and how a series of lawsuits “making increasingly outrageous claims” against healthcare staffing companies could worsen it. Scimeca writes that there are some who seek “to exploit our legal…
In a new opinion piece, Frontiers of Freedom president George Landrith argues that a network of activist trial attorneys is pursuing “completely inappropriate” human trafficking and RICO claims against a healthcare staffing company. The lawsuit, if successful, could exacerbate the nation’s staffing shortages. The lawsuit boils down to the labor contracts signed by foreign-trained nurses…
