<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>President Donald Trump’s travel ban could exacerbate a looming shortage of primary care doctors in the United States, which may hit the Dayton area harder than other regions because of its high concentration of medically under-served areas that have historically attracted foreign-born<wm> residents.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the University of Minnesota, the region has many young physicians who are delaying primary care due to the cost burden imposed by insurance, high cost of in-state care, and limited options for employment opportunities.

By limiting travel from some of the top states with the fewest shortages, the restrictions could lead to the decrease in doctors from a state with low costs of operation among the top 100 U.S. metropolitan areas for primary care physicians</wm>, and exacerbate the challenge for them to recruit from regions with the fewest. These regions,