Description of S3599, and a depiction of its sponsor, Sheldon Whitehouse.
S3599
A bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish a public health insurance option, and for other purposes.
📢 Introduced in Senate
congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/sena...
#S3599 #congress119 #senate #democrat #congress #newbill
Immigrant doctors play an important role in the US #healthcare. They tend to practice in underserved areas caring for people who would've no doctors otherwise.
Please pass #S3599 #HR6788 #S948 #HR2895
@HouseDemocrats
@HouseGOP
@SenateDems
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✔about 23% people live in rural areas
✔rural communities have major #doctorsshortage
✔immigrant doctors are more likely to live in rural areas than US grads
Bills #S3599/#HR6788 need to pass
@SeemaCMS @SenateGOP @senatemajldr @Surgeon_General
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Great points by @KamalikaRoyMD
Immigrant doctors:
✔25% of healthcare workforce
✔33% of primary care
✔many practice in rural/undeserved areas
✔need immigration status to be fixed now
#S3599 #HR6788 #IMGs #accesstocare
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.pn.2020.6b42
Time to start fixing immigration issues for US trained immigrant doctors #IMG and pass Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act #S3599/#HR6788 & Conrad 30 Program&Physician Access Reauthorization Act #S948/#HR2895
#healthcare #PhysicianShortage...
