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For refugee doctors, journey back to practicing medicine is the longest
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Sep 26, 2013
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For refugee doctors, journey back to practicing medicine is the longest
Medical professionals who've come to the U.S. as refugees have had a tough time. Many have had to swap their stethoscopes for a license to drive a taxi cab despite the need for more doctors and nurses.
Dr. Chris Taylor, left, examines the ear of Medi-Cal patient Richardo Alvarez, 5, at the Las Palmas Health Clinic in Sacramento, Calif., in 2005. Across the nation, Medicaid costs are rising rapdily and squeezing governments, poor people, doctors, hospitals and other health care providers. In California, which has one of the nation's lowest reimbursment rates, many doctors and dentists don't take Medi-Cal patients.
Dr. Chris Taylor, left, examines the ear of Medi-Cal patient Richardo Alvarez, 5, at the Las Palmas Health Clinic in Sacramento, Calif.
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Medical professionals who've come to the U.S. as refugees have had a tough time. Many have had to swap their stethoscopes for a license to drive a taxi cab despite the need for more doctors and nurses.

Medical professionals who've come to the U.S. as refugees have had a tough time. Many have had to swap their stethoscopes for a license to drive a taxi cab despite the need for more doctors and nurses. From the Fronteras Desk, Megan Burks has more.