Healthcare Workforce

CBS reports that a September presidential proclamation imposing a $100,000 H‑1B fee for workers applying from abroad is straining rural hospitals’ hiring, with facilities like West River Health Services in Hettinger, North Dakota unable to attract U.S. applicants and now facing prohibitive costs or uncertain DHS waivers. The American Hospital Association, two national rural health groups, and 50+ medical societies have asked the administration to exempt healthcare, citing heavy reliance on foreign‑born clinicians and technicians.