Physician Shortage
What to know: Texas has an opportunity to address the state’s doctor shortage by opening up alternatives to residency requirements.
The TPPF take: Texas is projected to be short more than 10,300 doctors by the year 2032.
“Rather than wait on Congress to provide more general medical education (GME) appropriations, at least eight states, including Tennessee, Florida, Virginia, and Idaho, have decided to tackle the residency bottleneck through reforming licensing pathways,” says TPPF’s Nicholas Armstrong. “States are starting to allow talented foreign-licensed doctors to prove their merit, and if eligible be allowed to omit the U.S. based residency requirement—and Texas should be up next.”
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California Dreamin’
What to know: California’s electricity prices are the second-highest in the nation, right behind Hawaii’s. The TPPF take: California’s anti-energy policies are having their predictable effect.
“The core issue is simple: California’s policymakers prioritized renewable energy mandates over affordability and reliability,” says TPPF’s Chuck DeVore. “Over the years, they have forced utilities to integrate ever-growing amounts of wind and solar power while discouraging natural gas, nuclear and large-scale hydroelectric projects.”
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DEI Out at Columbia?
What to know: Columbia University’s president has stepped down, but the battle over diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies at the school continues.
The TPPF take: DEI is a failure, and Americans have rejected it.
“Viewing the world through the DEI ideology requires pronouncing virtually everything that humans have accomplished since time began as the result of white supremacy, racism or colonialism,” says TPPF’s Sherry Sylvester. “It rejects the principles of individual freedom and autonomy, science, research, advancement, inquiry and discovery. Their worldview is a dark place where everything humans value is proclaimed to be bad and everything human decency condemns as bad is said to be good.”
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