September 29, 2025: Limiting H-1B Visas, Hospital Readmission Penalites & a Breakthrough for Alzheimer's

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News sources for this episode:

View H-1B visa map: https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-health-care-h-1b-visas-state-trump-floats-fee-exemption-2133913

Andrew Stanton, “Map Shows Health Care H-1B Visas by State as Trump Floats Fee Exemption,” September 22, 2025, https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-health-care-h-1b-visas-state-trump-floats-fee-exemption-2133913, Newsweek.

Mariah Taylor, “Trump’s new H-1B visa fee could strain hospitals, workforces: 8 notes,” September 22, 2025, https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/trumps-new-h-1b-visa-fee-could-strain-hospitals-workforces-8-notes/, Becker’s Hospital Review.

Diane Eastabrook, “More hospitals to face high readmission penalties in fiscal 2026,” September 22, 2025, https://www.modernhealthcare.com/providers/mh-cms-hospital-readmission-penalties-2026/, Modern Healthcare. 

Jordan Rau, “10 Years of Hospital Readmissions Penalties,” November 4, 2021, https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/10-years-of-hospital-readmissions-penalties/, KFF.

American Hospital Association, “Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program,” 2016, https://www.aonl.org/system/files/2018-01/fs-readmissions.pdf.

Jessica Mouzo, “The great revolution against Alzheimer’s: ‘It’s the first time in human history that we’ve managed to slow the disease’,” September 23, 2025, https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-09-23/the-great-revolution-against-alzheimers-its-the-first-time-in-human-history-that-weve-managed-to-slow-the-disease.html, El País. 

Alzheimer’s Association, “2025 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures,” 2025, https://www.alz.org/getmedia/ef8f48f9-ad36-48ea-87f9-b74034635c1e/alzheimers-facts-and-figures.pdf. 

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