2026 Will Be A Critical Year for Addressing Health Care Worker Shortage

from Heartland Politics with Robin Johnson · host Robin Johnson

A.J. Wilhemi, President and CEO of the Illinois Health and Hospital Association, talks about the impact of the Affordable Care Act on Illinois health care, the system's dependence on federal programs like Medicare and Medicaid, the shortage of health care workers, how immigration impacts health care staffing, rural health care, the increasing roles of technology and AI, and much more.

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