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A 2022 survey of some 1,000 healthcare facilities around the country found that more than 85% of them were short allied health workers. And the pipeline for educating and training them leaves much to be desired. According to a report by the Community College Research Center, 64% of those graduating from allied medical assistant training programs in the 2019-2020 academic year had gone to private, for-profit colleges, with all the risks of added debt and exploitation that entailed.