The bipartisan Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act would address this catastrophic healthcare workforce interruption by recapturing 25,000 previously authorized but unused green cards for qualified international nurses and another 15,000 for physicians.
HWRA is supported by the healthcare community, patient advocates, businesses, and nurses. It has been endorsed by the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association, the Natural Rural Health Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Kidney Foundation, and the American Health Care Association.
The HWRA is a common-sense, bipartisan solution that will ensure hospitals in every corner of the country have the nurses they need when patients need them most.
The HWRA will not displace American workers.
The U.S. is already suffering from a severe nursing shortage â and itâs only getting worse. Accordingly, no American worker will be displaced by an international nurse receiving consideration under the HWRA.
The HWRA does not create additional green cards.
The HWRA would recapture authorized, but unused, green cards for qualified nurses and physicians.
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