https://www.kff.org/topic/racial-equity-and-health-policy/ The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:36:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2023/04/3976_KFF_favicon_256x256_revised.png?w=32 https://www.kff.org/topic/racial-equity-and-health-policy/ 32 32 243654493 https://www.kff.org/immigrant-health/potential-impacts-of-trump-administration-h-1b-visa-policies-on-the-health-care-and-social-assistance-industries/ https://www.kff.org/immigrant-health/potential-impacts-of-trump-administration-h-1b-visa-policies-on-the-health-care-and-social-assistance-industries/#respond Thu, 05 Feb 2026 18:03:32 +0000 https://www.kff.org/?p=702580 https://www.kff.org/immigrant-health/potential-impacts-of-trump-administration-h-1b-visa-policies-on-the-health-care-and-social-assistance-industries/feed/ 0 702580 USCIS Has Approved an Increasing Number of H-1B Visas for the Health Care and Social 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