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Does Medicare Underpay Physicians?
There is a shortage of physicians in the United States.
There is especially a shortage of primary care physicians willing to treat Medicare enrollees. People nearing...
States Revise Medical Licensing to Ease Doctor Shortage
Several states are extending medical licenses to foreign and assistant doctors to fill shortages of physicians that are projected to reach 86,000 nationwide, by...
Corporate Medicine, Physician Licensure a Bad Deal for Patients
Devin Herrick, Ph.D. (devonherrick@sbcglobal.net) is a health care economist. Physician licensure has created a cartel—there, I said it out loud.
The right to practice medicine has...
New Mexico Bill Would Fund DEI Program to Combat Healthcare Shortage
A New Mexico bill advancing in the House aims to address a major healthcare worker shortage by giving $1.1 million to a university diversity,...
The Cure for U.S. Physician Burnout – Commentary
By Deane Waldman, M.D.
The United States has a critical shortage of health care professionals: nurses, mental health therapists, and especially physicians.
Burnout among these clinicians is the proximate...
Medicare Cuts Physician Reimbursements
Medicare has cut payments to doctors for 2024 by 1.25 percent due to a 3.34 percent reduction in the “conversion factor” used to calculate...
States Take Action to Fix Doctor Shortage – Commentary
By Jonathan Wolfson
Think the federal government’s plan to add extra residency slots for health professional shortage areas will alleviate the growing rural physician shortage?...
Independent Physicians Judged ‘Best’ in Atlanta
"Where physicians can practice unencumbered."
A medical practice not connected with any university, hospital system, or private equity group dominates a list of “top doctors.”
Each...
Why Do Physicians Ignore Patient Feedback? Because They Can.
Physicians given the opportunity to read their patients’ feedback on the effectiveness of treatment don’t review them, say researchers.
Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are the...
States CAN Tackle the Dental Workforce Shortage – Commentary
By Jeff A. Singer and Joel Strom
A recent news report quoted a New Jersey Dental Association spokesman who warned, “Your routine dental treatment could...
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Economists’ Advocacy for a Carbon Tax is Misguided – Analysis
Many, if not most, mainstream economists, both conservative and liberal, support a carbon tax. As economist Alan Blinder recently remarked, “It’s only a very...
Multiple States Sue Over Biden Title IX Rule
(The Center Square) – Several Republican attorneys general have sued over the Biden administration’s Title IX rule change, arguing it is illegal. More states...
Utility Company Aims to Amend Measure that Prohibits Disconnects for Non Payment
By Catrina Petersen
(The Center Square) – An Illinois utility company has changed their position to neutral on a proposed measure to limit utility cutoffs for...
