Healthcare Crisis Looms As Workforce Shortage Threatens To Explode By 2040

Liberty Check

• Government intervention in healthcare has created the very shortages it claims to solve.
• Market-driven solutions and reduced regulatory barriers remain the only path to restoring access.
• States that embrace deregulation and competition will lead the recovery.

The projected healthcare workforce shortage is on track to nearly double by 2040, placing significant strain on the healthcare system.

“significant strain on the healthcare system”

This crisis stems directly from decades of heavy-handed federal policies that have driven professionals out of the field and deterred new entrants.

Hospitals in rural America are already feeling the pinch, with some forced to shutter critical departments or reduce services entirely.

“significant strain on the healthcare system”

Instead of doubling down on more government programs, policymakers must look to proven conservative solutions like expanding scope of practice for nurse practitioners and physician assistants, cutting red tape for medical schools, and allowing market forces to determine compensation and supply.

Americans deserve better.