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Josh Shapiro: “This compact helps make that possible.”

Featuring: Josh Shapiro, Democratic | Governor of Pennsylvania

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

Published | Video Starts at 31:54

Mr. Governor, how do you expect these changes to improve care in rural or underserved communities? Anything we can do to bring more physicians, more nurses, more physical therapists into rural areas, we're going to do. This compact helps make that possible. If you're a nurse or a doc in Maryland like Hollis is, and you want to be in a rural community in Pennsylvania, you used to have to wait months … (31:54–31:57)

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