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[riversedge]

This is part of our human infrastructure--that is being dismantled!1


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How Trump's refugee ban hurts health care in places that voted for him
How much is your community served by doctors trained in one of the banned countries?
Updated by Alvin Chang@[e-mail] Mar 6, 2017, 12:20pm EST



In early 2001, an Iranian family fled their home and landed in Texas as political refugees.

The mother, who went to medical school in Iran, passed her boards in the US and now works as a psychiatrist; she largely serves children in poverty. Her son, just 15 when they moved here, is now in his last year of residency; he extends the lives of people with cancer. They both work with underserved populations.

So a few weeks ago, when President Donald Trump signed the first executive order temporarily banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries — including Iran — they were shocked.

"How come we are the enemies?" the mother asked.

Physicians who trained in these seven countries — Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen — provide care to a large number of Americans, especially those in areas where domestically trained physicians typically don’t want to work. "This is a population that I enjoy working with. I see ourselves as very useful for the community," the mother told me. (She and her son asked me to withhold their names.)

When the courts struck down the first executive order, she said she was glad to be living in a democracy. “Now, we appreciate democracy more,” she said.

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[Phoenix61]

1. Ironic they used shades of blue

I'm in a deep red area and very blue on their map. It's a source of irritation for some. They complain about so many foreign doctors. If the foreign doctors weren't here they'd be waiting for weeks or driving for hours to even see a doctor.

[riversedge]

3. I took my mom to Acute care just after Xmas--and the the gentlest

physician who explained things to my mom in terms she could understand. He was from Iran.

[bettyellen]

5. Yet they think they can get better and cheaper care - from white American born men, LOL.../

Fucking idiots.

[LOL Lib]

2. Ignorant fools in Ohio, PA, Indiana, MI, etc.

Fuck every one of you who voted for the Nazi Trump. I have no sympathy for you. The good news? When you are all dead, you will not be able to make ignorant voting choices. Thanks!

[riversedge]

4. the etc. is WI sad!!