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Bankrupt Health Care: Column: A Case Study
The premises of "Trump immigration policies disrupt health care: Column." is the constant lack of physician shortage that the United States has faced. This is not just a current problem, getting trained physicians to help in poor urban areas has been a problem for decades. Preisedent Trump's new travel ban has blocked thousands of Visa holders from entering the country or causing a delay upon their arrival. Foreign doctors have helped in rural urban areas because they came to the US to recieved other training methods and have taken these new methods to mutiple areas. With this ban, doctors can not recieve further training, only making it more difficult for those in areas that are already disadvantaged to revieve the health care that is needed.

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