H-1B Visa Program and Implications for Health Care

This Viewpoint discusses a recent presidential proclamation restricting the entry of workers under the H-1B visa program unless their employers pay $100 000 and how this change might affect US health care, particularly in rural areas where many international medical graduates tend to practice.

Corresponding Author: Omar Abughanimeh, MBBS, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 986840 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-6840 (omar.abughanimeh@unmc.edu).

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