Ep. 192: Healthcare Workforce Shortages and Immigration's Vital Role
Description
In this week's episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown interviews Associate Director Jack Malde about BPC's new report Bridging the Gap: Meeting Workforce Needs Over the Next Decade. The report uses a data-driven approach to identify the occupations and industries at the highest risk of workforce shortages over the next decade, with healthcare leading the list. Then, Jack interviews Cassandra Zimmer-Wong, Immigration Policy Analyst at the Niskanen Center, about her report investigating how immigration reform can address healthcare workforce shortages.
Bridging the Gap: Meeting Workforce Needs Over the Next Decade - The Bipartisan Policy Center: https://bipartisanpolicy.org/report/bridging-the-gap-meeting-workforce-needs-over-the-next-decade/
Immigration as a solution to healthcare workforce shortages – The Niskanen Center: https://www.niskanencenter.org/immigration-as-a-solution-to-healthcare-workforce-shortages/
(00:00 ) Intro
(01:02 ) Bridging the Gap: Meeting Workforce Needs Over the Next Decade
(25:17 ) Immigration as a solution to healthcare workforce shortages
(1:03:14 ) Outro
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