a Medicaid expansion bill. Members of both the Left and the Right lauded the move, while states such as Texas have drawn harsh criticism for resisting expanding the program.holding some sort of healthcare coverage, the Biden administration misses a fundamental point: The real problem is not a lack ofProponents of Medicaid expansion like to emphasize how it will expand coverage for those in rural areas.
States can address the physician shortage by passing laws to enact physician licensing reform if they truly want to ensure people can access the care they need when they need it.to “the free flow of health care practitioners to where patients need them,” according to Cato Institute senior fellow Jeffrey Singer.
If states were to remove this requirement, they could attract leading talent in the medical field from around the world. International physician licensing reform would greatly benefit rural people because foreign-trained doctors are This problem isn’t limited to international physicians, either. Doctors looking to relocate to other states within the U.S. also must undergo a lengthy, burdensome process to obtain an equivalent license. During the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple states Some might raise concerns about the quality of doctors who are trained abroad, and certainly, other countries have different medical standards.
Andrea Hitt is a Young Voices contributor and is a communications manager at the Texas Public Policy Foundation in Austin, Texas. She previously served as communications director for Rep. Debbie Lesko .