Foreign-educated healthcare workers have trouble joining US workforce even amid Covid (Kaiser Health News)

Despite the ongoing needs created by the Covid-19 pandemic, some highly skilled foreign-educated healthcare workers are on the sidelines because of licensing and credentialing barriers, Kaiser Health News reported. “These really are the cabdrivers, the clerks, the people who walk your dog,” said Jina Krause-Vilmar, CEO of Upwardly Global, told Kaiser Health News. “They also happen to be doctors and nurses in their home countries, and they’re just not able to plug and play into the system as it’s set up.”