Entry Ban Could Cause Doctor Shortages in Trump Territory, New Research Finds

The following article by Sam Petulla was posted on the NBC News website March 7, 2017:

Oscar Gronner

President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending entry to the U.S. by people from six Muslim-majority nations could reduce the number of doctors in areas with high percentages of Trump supporters, according to researchers at Harvard Medical School and MIT.

Swaths of Appalachia and the Rust Belt could be disproportionately affected, the researchers who analyzed data about physicians in the United States found.

President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending entry to the U.S. by people from six Muslim-majority nations could reduce the number of doctors in areas with high percentages of Trump supporters, according to researchers at Harvard Medical School and MIT. Continue reading “Entry Ban Could Cause Doctor Shortages in Trump Territory, New Research Finds”