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Why physicians owe tax on their share of practice profit rather than the cash they take out, and how entity type, footnotes and late K-1s can change the final bill.

A joint lifetime income annuity and a fixed indexed annuity with an income rider both guarantee income for a surviving spouse, but they differ sharply on flexibility, cost and cash value

The American Medical Association and five specialty societies say casting AI as smarter than physicians diminishes their expertise, a day after the health secretary praised AI second opinions.

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