Ep. 192: Healthcare Workforce Shortages and Immigration's Vital Role

About this episode

This episode discusses healthcare workforce shortages and the role of immigration in addressing these issues, featuring insights from experts at the Bipartisan Policy Center and the Niskanen Center.

In this week's episode, BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown interviews Associate Director Jack Malde about BPC's new report Bridging the Gap: Meeting Workforce Needs Over the Next Decade . The report uses a data-driven approach to identify the occupations and industries at the highest risk of workforce shortages over the next decade , with healthcare leading the list . Then, Jack interviews Cassandra Zimmer-Wong , Immigration Policy Analyst at the Niskanen Center , about her report investigating how immigration reform can address healthcare workforce shortages . Bridging the Gap: Meeting Workforce Needs Over the Next Decade - The Bipartisan Policy Center : https://bipartisanpolicy.org/report/bridging-the-gap-meeting-workforce-needs-over-the-next-decade/ Immigration as a solution to healthcare workforce shortages – The Niskanen Center: https://www.niskanencenter.org/immigration-as-a-solution-to-healthcare-workforce-shortages/ (00:00) Intro (01:02) Bridging the Gap: Meeting Workforce Needs Over the Next Decade (25:17) Immigration as a solution to healthcare workforce shortages (1:03:14) Outro

People in this episode

Host: Theresa Cardinal Brown

Guests: Jack Malde, Cassandra Zimmer-Wong

Topics covered

• healthcare workforce shortages
• immigration reform
• workforce needs
• data-driven approach
• occupations at risk
• Bipartisan Policy Center report

Keywords

• healthcare
• workforce shortages
• immigration
• Bipartisan Policy Center
• Niskanen Center
• workforce needs
• data-driven report

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bipartisan Policy Center, Niskanen Center

Books & works: Bridging the Gap: Meeting Workforce Needs Over the Next Decade, Immigration as a solution to healthcare workforce shortages

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