Pooja Vora | Immigrants in Healthcare : The Industry After Reopening

Pooja Vora recently graduated with a Masters in Public Policy from Georgetown University, McCourt School of Public Policy where she pursued her interests in immigration, education, housing, and racial equity issues. Pooja is a founding member and past president of the McCourt Migration and Refugee Policy Initiative whose mission centers around highlighting and promoting evidence-based migration issues. We discuss:The current healthcare shortages impacting the U.S. and how immigrants/refugees provide both short and long term solutionsHow COVID-19 exposed systematic vulnerabilities within visa policies, and what challenges still face the industry after reopeningImmigration policies that would relieve shortage pressures and reduce processing times of qualified healthcare workers in underserved areas where they are most neededLinkedin: PoojaVora | LinkedInArticle Links: GeorgetownPublic Policy Review / Harnessing Immigrant and Refugee Healthcare Workers toFight COVID: Immediate Answers - Georgetown Public Policy Review(gppreview.com)GeorgetownPublic Policy Review / Harnessing Immigrant and Refugee Healthcare Workers toFight COVID: The Longer Arc - Georgetown Public Policy Review (gppreview.com)