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Josh Shapiro: “Physician licenses went from taking 43 days to about five.”

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Governor Josh Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania's Participation in Interstate Healthcare Licensure Compacts at Wellspan Health

Published July 9, 2025 | Video Starts at 09:56

The wait time for a registered nurse and licensed practical nurse license went from 25 days to just five days. You heard before, but it bears repeating. Physician licenses went from taking 43 days to about five. physical therapists. Licenses went from 31 days to about three to get a pharmacist license went from 26 days to five. (09:56–10:02)

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Asserts the reduction in wait time for physician licensing in Pennsylvania.

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“In urban counties across Pennsylvania, there is one primary care physician for every 222 residents.”
Governor Josh Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania's Participation in Interstate Healthcare Licensure Compacts at Wellspan Health | Uploaded July 9, 2025 | 07:34-07:42
“In our rural communities, there is one primary care physician for every 522 residents.”
Governor Josh Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania's Participation in Interstate Healthcare Licensure Compacts at Wellspan Health | Uploaded July 9, 2025 | 07:42-07:50
“Statewide today, 14% of nursing jobs are vacant.”
Governor Josh Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania's Participation in Interstate Healthcare Licensure Compacts at Wellspan Health | Uploaded July 9, 2025 | 08:00-08:07
“By 2026, we're expected to have a shortage of 20,000 nurses in our hospitals.”
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“310,000 Pennsylvanians are going to be kicked off of Medicaid.”
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“140,000 Pennsylvanians are about to lose their SNAP benefits.”
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“We have about 25 rural hospitals that are both working with an operating deficit where about 50% or more of their revenues are coming from…”
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“We estimate that there's about 25 rural hospitals that are likely to shutter in the next few years because of this.”
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“Our administration is cutting red tape and advancing freedom for our healthcare workers all across our commonwealth.”
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“Pennsylvania is now a full participant in three multi-state licensure compacts that allow doctors, nurses, and physical therapists to…”
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“More than 850,000 of our neighbors in Pennsylvania live in communities that do not have enough health care providers, according to the…”
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“In rural communities, that percentage of unfilled nursing jobs jumps to 26%.”
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“The wait time for a registered nurse and licensed practical nurse license went from 25 days to just five days.”
Governor Josh Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania's Participation in Interstate Healthcare Licensure Compacts at Wellspan Health | Uploaded July 9, 2025 | 09:46-09:55
“Physical therapists' licenses went from 31 days to about three.”
Governor Josh Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania's Participation in Interstate Healthcare Licensure Compacts at Wellspan Health | Uploaded July 9, 2025 | 09:56-10:03
“A pharmacist license went from 26 days to five.”
Governor Josh Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania's Participation in Interstate Healthcare Licensure Compacts at Wellspan Health | Uploaded July 9, 2025 | 10:07-10:11
“Now, that out of state license that's part of that compact will be recognized within just days here in Pennsylvania.”
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“First, I want to create a new loan repayment program specifically focused on health care professionals who take jobs in our rural…”
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“Second, my budget strengthens partnerships between hospitals and nurse education programs that guarantee nursing student jobs once they…”
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“My budget will help more communities build the kind of partnerships that exist here at Wellspan and cut the cost for nursing students while…”
Governor Josh Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania's Participation in Interstate Healthcare Licensure Compacts at Wellspan Health | Uploaded July 9, 2025 | 14:30-14:44
“Right now, Representative Burns and his colleagues in the General assembly are considering that that budget that I announced about 150 days…”
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“We're going to continue in my administration to speed up government, to cut through the red tape, to make government easier for people to…”
Governor Josh Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania's Participation in Interstate Healthcare Licensure Compacts at Wellspan Health | Uploaded July 9, 2025 | 16:05-16:21
“We heard from health care providers all across Pennsylvania that they need more nurses, especially more primary care docs in rural areas.”
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“That prompted some of the investments in my budget and it prompted, prompted us to really put on overdrive this effort that's existed for…”
Governor Josh Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania's Participation in Interstate Healthcare Licensure Compacts at Wellspan Health | Uploaded July 9, 2025 | 27:31-27:41
“If you're licensed, if you go through all the testing and all of the stuff you gotta go through in order to be a nurse, be a doc in one of…”
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“9,762 York Countyans are about to lose their Medicaid because of this vote.”
Governor Josh Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania's Participation in Interstate Healthcare Licensure Compacts at Wellspan Health | Uploaded July 9, 2025 | 30:07-30:16
“About $11 million is going to be ripped away from SNAP just here in York County.”
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“Pennsylvania can't backfill this. We don't have the money to do it.”
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“They're taking billions of dollars away from Pennsylvania and we can't make up for that.”
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“Anything we can do to bring more physicians, more nurses, more physical therapists into rural areas, we're going to do.”
Governor Josh Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania's Participation in Interstate Healthcare Licensure Compacts at Wellspan Health | Uploaded July 9, 2025 | 31:45-31:55
“This compact helps make that possible.”
Governor Josh Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania's Participation in Interstate Healthcare Licensure Compacts at Wellspan Health | Uploaded July 9, 2025 | 31:54-31:57
“Instead of taking months and months and months, we can get you processed within just a couple days, maybe three or four days.”
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“If my budget passes, as I proposed, there will be financial incentives for those who are going to go work in these rural communities.”
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“It's a great day that we're able to sign this compact now and open up the doors of rural Pennsylvania to more health care providers in about…”
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