The new $100,000 H-1B fee only applies when a U.S. company files a petition to bring a foreign worker into the United States on an H-1B visa. Ascension Healthcare outsourced IT to offshore workers in India who remain in India, those workers are not on H-1B visas and the fee does not apply. The cost would only come into play if Ascension or its vendor filed a new H-1B petition to bring one of those workers to the U.S.
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@6j2 and yet, prices still haven't gone down in healthcare.
The outsourcing won’t stop. More to come. Thank your politicians supporting corporations and not the American workers
Providence St. Joseph Health did the same. They built a new campus in Hyderabad, India and outsourced all IT operations, Rev cycle, etc. for cost savings and gutted their US operations un a series of RIFs since 2020.
DOH! Should be obvious...
Senator Bernie Moreno introduced the Halting International Relocation of Employment (HIRE) Act to crack down on outsourcing and strengthen opportunities for American workers. The bill would impose a 25% tax on payments U.S. companies make to foreign workers serving American consumers, while also eliminating tax deductions for such expenses. Revenue from the tax would fund a new Domestic Workforce Fund to support apprenticeships and job training programs. Moreno argues the measure will discourage companies from sending jobs overseas and instead incentivize hiring and training U.S. workers.
https://www.moreno.senate.gov/press-releases/new-moreno-bill-would-crack-down-on-outsourcing-fund-american-workers/