Ohio's program for foreign-born medical school graduates is not easing the state's shortage of primary care doctors, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported Monday.

A story from the AP says, foreign-born doctors across the United States can apply for a visa waiver if they agree to practice in an underserved community for three years. Thousands of doctors sign up each year and the programs have become a major source of medical service for rural and poor communities.

More than half of the doctors who joined Ohio's program in the past two years are working as specialists at major hospitals and are not primary care doctors, the paper found.

"We have such a hard time finding doctors. Why are multimillion-dollar hospital organizations using this?" said Joe Liszak, chief executive of Fremont-based Community Health Services, a federally qualified health center in Sandusky County. "That's just not right. This program was designed for the underserved."