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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]They are needed to serve in underserved areas.[/b]  American born, American trained MDs do not want to live and work in rural Indiana, no matter how much you pay them.  
I don’t know much about it, but there are only certain places where a J-1 visa will be accepted, so many foreign MDs are forced into these rural areas for several years before they can go to the city.  [/quote]

I don't think this has happened by design as your statement would imply.

But, US med schools graduate enough MDs to fill only 75% of the available residencies.  Foreign medical graduates fill the rest.  Unless they are truly outstanding, they tend to get the least desirable residencies by specialty, geography, and institution.

It is true that many US med school graduates eschew jobs in more rural areas and in flyover areas.  But according to the latest Medscape doctor compensation report, the states with the highest doctor compensation are in those areas.  Oklahoma was number one.

https://www.medscape.com/slideshow/2019-compensation-overview-6011286?src=WNL_physrep_190410_comp2019&uac=53250MN&impID=1933305&faf=1

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