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How new foreign worker visa fees might worsen doctor shortages in rural America

Foreign-born doctors account for 1 in 5 physicians in the US – and they often practice in regions where the physician shortage is most severe.

17.10.2025 2

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Patrick Aguilar

Doctors are joining unions in a bid to improve working conditions and raise wages in a stressful health care system

An estimated 8% of US doctors had joined a union in 2024, up from 5.7% a decade earlier.

10.09.2025 4

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Patrick Aguilar

Public health and private equity: What the Walgreens buyout could mean for the future of pharmacy care

As Walgreens goes private in a $10 billion buyout, experts weigh what private equity ownership could mean for pharmacy care.

28.05.2025 4

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Patrick Aguilar