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US health care relies heavily on foreign workers. Trump's immigration ban is raising alarms
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US health care relies heavily on foreign workers. Trump's immigration ban is raising alarms

C LEVELAND - President Trump's temporary immigration ban could quickly undermine American health care, which relies heavily on foreign-born labor - including many workers from the Middle East - to fill critical gaps in care, industry specialists say. As many as 25 percent of physicians practicing in the US were born in another country. Rural clinics…


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