Expanding Healthcare Access in Georgia
A New Year’s Resolution for 2025
Physician supply lags behind patient demand nationally and across Georgia. As supply falls, patients wait longer to see a doctor, and doctors burn out.
The Cicero Institute suggests a New Year’s Resolution for Georgia in 2025 to increase access to healthcare by streamlining the pathway for internationally trained physicians to practice in the state.
Redundant residency training requirements force internationally trained physicians to spend years in low-paid training roles.
This discourages top international doctors from trying to practice in America and drives some foreign doctors who relocate to America into non-medical jobs. It also reduces the number of residency slots available to students attending U.S. medical schools.
The Expanding Rural Healthcare Act allows regulators to waive U.S. residency requirements for certain internationally trained physicians who meet state quality and safety standards.
With an increase in trained physicians in Georgia, the state can look forward to a happy and healthy future.
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