A physician responds to a recent WSJ article on the difficulty of recruiting physician to practice in rural areas:
When a foreign medical graduate has the same access to opportunities across the country as a citizen would, there is no incentive for them to even consider an area like ours. What ends up happening is a snowball effect: We can’t staff our facilities, and those who are here burn out with no one to share the burden. They leave for bigger cities, better call coverage and a better lifestyle, even though it may come with less money.
