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Old 02-13-2017, 04:41 PM
 
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Wow, is it correct that 1 out of 4 doctors in America is an immigrant?


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In this "Medical Minute" segment, WABE senior correspondent Jim Burress and medical analyst Dr. Ford Vox discuss the impact of the Trump Administration's temporary executive order affecting travel from seven majority-Muslim countries.

The American Medical Association and other groups representing doctors are pushing back against the policy. That's because 1 in 4 physicians in the United States are immigrants. Since WWI the country hasn't managed to supply all of the doctors it needs through its own medical schools, so the president's new restrictions are prompting widespread fears that a vital pipeline of talent will dry up.

Medical Minute: Trump Immigration Policy's Effect On Doctors | WABE 90.1 FM
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Old 02-13-2017, 04:44 PM
 
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How many doctors routinely come from the 7 nations affected by the temporary immigration hult?

How will a temporary halt in immigration cause a vital pipeline of talent will dry up?
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Old 02-13-2017, 04:45 PM
 
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Wow, who knew 25% of our doctors came from those 7 countries?

Simply amazing you guys can't think through things before posting this tripe.
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Old 02-13-2017, 05:18 PM
 
Location: Florida
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All the more reason why we need to completely restructure medical school in this country. That someone needs to sit in school for 15 years of their life to become a doctor is absurd and their education is filled with nonsense that they will never use. Our country should be graduating more doctors, not importing them.
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Old 02-13-2017, 05:22 PM
 
Location: On a Long Island in NY
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All the more reason why we need to completely restructure medical school in this country. That someone needs to sit in school for 15 years of their life to become a doctor is absurd and their education is filled with nonsense that they will never use. Our country should be graduating more doctors, not importing them.
You need to go to college to be a doctor, 60% of Americans don't even have an Associate's Degree.

This isn't about the temporary ban from those 7 countries, it's about the fact that Team Trump wants to end legal immigration as well.
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Old 02-13-2017, 05:27 PM
 
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How many doctors routinely come from the 7 nations affected by the temporary immigration hult?

How will a temporary halt in immigration cause a vital pipeline of talent will dry up?
According to the article there were 260 applicants for U.S. medical residencies last year from these seven countries.
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Old 02-13-2017, 06:13 PM
 
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You need to go to college to be a doctor, 60% of Americans don't even have an Associate's Degree.

This isn't about the temporary ban from those 7 countries, it's about the fact that Team Trump wants to end legal immigration as well.
Did the little voice in your head tell you that?



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According to the article there were 260 applicants for U.S. medical residencies last year from these seven countries.
Yes, 260 people doesn't constitute a doctor shortage.

Now keep in mind the the immigration halt is only 90 days, and there is no reason that people coming here to go to med school would be restricted by any new vetting procedures.

This is why this kind of nonsense should be posted, it really is just childish.
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Old 02-13-2017, 08:31 PM
 
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This is why this kind of nonsense should be posted, it really is just childish.
I'd defer to the medical profession on this. They're known for their conservative politics and they are no doubt far more in touch with the issues than us lay folks.

AMA Says Trump Immigration Policy Could Affect U.S. Health System | National News | US News
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Old 02-13-2017, 08:36 PM
 
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You need to go to college to be a doctor, 60% of Americans don't even have an Associate's Degree.

This isn't about the temporary ban from those 7 countries, it's about the fact that Team Trump wants to end legal immigration as well.
And why shouldn't he? Immigration is good for the immigrants, bad for the natives.
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Old 02-13-2017, 08:38 PM
 
Location: Florida
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You need to go to college to be a doctor, 60% of Americans don't even have an Associate's Degree.

This isn't about the temporary ban from those 7 countries, it's about the fact that Team Trump wants to end legal immigration as well.
I should have specified 15 years past becoming an adult. Most doctors can't even start practicing until they are in their early 30s because they are in school so long. If we streamline this and make it less time consuming we can graduate more doctors or our own and not import as much.

We let in too many immigrants anyway. No one wants it to end but it needs to be scaled down massively.
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