November 2023

The Broken Medicare System Is Forcing Physicians Out by Rick W. Snyder II, MD November 20, 2023   In any career, 25 years of dedicated work is a lot to let go of. In medicine, it amounts to hundreds of patient relationships, and the blood, sweat, and tears that go into starting and maintaining a […]

U.S. Physician Workforce Data Dashboard 2023   U.S. Physician Workforce Data Dashboard The U.S. Physician Workforce Data Dashboard provides the most current data available about the physician workforce across specialties in a series of interactive dashboards. The U.S. Physician Workforce Data Dashboard combines data previously published in two separate AAMC workforce studies reports, Physician Specialty

Compensation Is Key to Fixing Primary Care Shortage By Michelle Andrews Published November 16, 2023   Money talks.   The United States faces a serious shortage of primary care physicians for many reasons, but one, in particular, is inescapable: compensation.   Substantial disparities between what primary care physicians earn relative to specialists like orthopedists and

Elizabeth Warren Has an ObamaCare Epiphany Opinion by The Editorial Board Published November 24, 2023   It took 13 years, but Elizabeth Warren is at long last acknowledging that ObamaCare has increased healthcare prices and industry consolidation. Who would have believed it? Government price controls and profit caps have resulted in unintended consequences.   The

10 states predicted to have the greatest physician shortages in 2030 By Riz Hatton Published March 2, 2022   California is expected to experience a shortage of 32,669 physicians by 2030, according to a study published in Human Resources for Health.   The study, published Feb. 6, analyzes current and future physician job surplus and

AAMC Supports Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023 By Stuart Heiser Published March 29, 2023   Reps. Terri Sewell (D-Ala.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) today introduced the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023. This bipartisan legislation would gradually expand the number of Medicare-supported medical residency positions by 14,000 over seven years. The AAMC

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Insurers Are Gaming Medicare — To The Tune Of $140 Billion By Matthew Cunningham-Cook and Lucy Dean Stockton Published October 4, 2023   The federal government is losing as much as $140 billion per year by subsidizing private Medicare Advantage plans, according to a bombshell new report. In the groundbreaking investigation, health care researchers identified