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A disproportionate number of US healthcare workers are immigrants. According to the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), in 2015 almost 17% of the healthcare workforce was foreign-born. This includes 12% of physicians and 24% of registered nurses.

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Many Florida hospitals and health systems updated their employee policies in the wake of Hurricane Irma last September to accommodate for potential changes to employees' and their families' living situations, the Naples Daily News reports.

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