Four out of five people returning to the ACA Marketplace say their healthcare costs are “higher,” compared to last year, according to a survey conducted by Kaiser Family Foundation in mid-February and early March. More than half of respondents reported these costs (premiums, deductibles, co-pays, or coinsurance) were “a lot higher.”
The H–1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act—introduced by Rep. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA) and Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY)—would exempt physicians and health care workers from a recently imposed $100,000 fee now required to obtain an H-1B visa, which allows foreign nationals in “specialty occupations” to live and work in the U.S. The fee was previously $5,000 to $10,000.
