9 things you didn’t know about health care workers

Residents keep getting raises. From rent and child care to a new federal cap on medical school loans, these 10 figures show why many still can't make the math work.

Rural docs say they need help as 'adequate' physician presence becomes the exception, not the norm.

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What do physicians need to counter burnout and misinformation? Time with patients

If Medicare cuts surgeon pay, it does not follow that Medicare should also cut reimbursement for primary care.

HFMA proposes ‘Declaration on Healthcare Affordability and Sustainability’ as physicians and patients feel the squeeze.

Prescription abandonment climbs sharply as out-of-pocket costs rise, and prior authorization delays push more patients away. Showing cost and coverage at the point of prescribing could change whether patients ever start therapy.

An AI system that simulates a panel of physicians reached the correct diagnosis in about 80% of test cases, compared with 36% to 47% for generalist physicians, though researchers caution the results come from a controlled, text-only benchmark rather than real-world practice.