Bipartisan bill seeks more visas for doctors, nurses in US

Senator Kevin Cramer called the measure a step toward “merit-based immigration” that would help fill urgent workforce gaps.

United States Senate. / US Embassy

Senators Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., and Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Ill., on Sept. 10 introduced a bipartisan bill to address the nation’s shortage of doctors and nurses by recapturing thousands of unused immigrant visas.

The Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act would reallocate 25,000 visas for nurses and 15,000 for physicians that Congress previously authorized but were never used, a media release said adding that this will help ease staffing shortages that continue to strain hospitals, particularly in rural and underserved areas.

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