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The nation’s leading medical groups are calling on the Trump administration to exempt foreign healthcare workers from higher H-1B visa application fees announced earlier this month, warning the policy will exacerbate an ongoing workforce shortage and ultimately harm patients.

Fifty-five medical societies, including the American Medical Association, American Academy of Family Physicians and the Medical Group Management Association, signed onto a letter to the Department of Homeland Security calling for exemptions last week. The American Hospital Association followed with its own letter on Monday.

The AHA warned that the fees would have a huge financial fallout for hospitals. “This constraint will be felt most by our rural and underserved communities, which already f

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