This is a common question. Here are things to consider when selecting a new one. As a starting point, you can use Healthgrades.com to do an initial search for internists in your area. Under the About Me section for each doctor, you can find the information below. Good medical school? Use a ranking like U.S. … Continue reading Finding a Primary Care Physician in the U.S.
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Employment Society
"Healthcare in the United States is in the midst of a massive wave of consolidation. For example, fifty years ago, virtually all non-academic, non-government U.S. physicians had an ownership interest in their practices. Today, approximately 70% of U.S. physicians are employed by hospitals or other corporate entities. Likewise, mergers and acquisitions have landed more than … Continue reading Employment Society
Predatory Precarity
"Reforming government contracting, controlling medical costs, breaking up big-tech, opening the professions to international competition, these sound technocratic, even “pro-market”. But under present levels of stratification, the consequences of these things would be a revolution, whole swathes of society accustomed to status and political enfranchisement would find themselves banished towards a “normal” they used to … Continue reading Predatory Precarity
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