Hiring in medicine just got harder with $100K visa fee

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It will now cost companies $100,000 to sponsor a worker on an H-1B visa. The change has prompted the UW Medical Center and Fred Hutch Cancer Center to pause H-1B visa hires. And that’s a big problem for healthcare where doctors and researchers are already in short supply. We’ll learn more from Seattle Times reporter Nina Shapiro.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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