Insurers complained that doctors file claims related to nonemergency services at in-network facilities and failed to provide good-faith estimates for the cost of services.
Doctors charged that insurers failed to comply with pricing requirements and don’t pay on time…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/17/health-insurance-premiums-doctors-surprises-01081155
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/10/ama-doctors-physicians-rfk-vaccines-00957489
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/02/doctors-midterm-election-trump-policies-health
US state department calls for the release of all detained healthcare workers as at least one arrested surgeon reported to be at risk of execution…
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S...
Iowa ranks last among states for the number of OB-GYNS per capita. State legislators are trying to recruit more, but some doctors say the state's strict abortion ban is partially to blame...
Roughy 170 physicians and other medical workers claim Trump administration has weakened veterans' health system. Trump officials deny their policies are hurting veterans…
Is your pediatrician making profits off childhood vaccines?
It costs money to stock, store and administer a vaccine.
Pediatricians sometimes store thousands of dollars worth of vaccines in specialized medical-grade refrigeration units, which can be expensive. They pay to insure vaccines in case anything happens to them. Some practices buy thermostats that monitor vaccines' temperature and backup generators to run the refrigerators in the event of a power outage. They also pay nursing staff to administer vaccines.
"Vaccines are hugely expensive," said Dr. Jesse Hackell, a retired general pediatrician and chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics' committee on pediatric workforce. "We lay out a lot of money up front."…
"When doctors go in and we expose what's happening. The less they have of us there, the better."…
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/08/israel-denied-doctor-famine-baby-formula-food-syed/
Many medical school students will feel a financial squeeze from President Trump's tax-and-spending bill due to a new $200,000 cap on student loan borrowing and the cancellation of a federal program that helps defray their living expenses during school.
Why it matters: The country is projected to face a shortage of 187,130 doctors by 2037…
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/15/medical-students-loans-new-law
"I, along with many others, worry that these changes will make medical school unaffordable, turn loan repayment into a pipe dream for residents, and worsen physician shortages – especially in primary care and underserved areas," wrote recent medical school graduate Kaley Parchinski in a Stat editorial...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/01/republican-trump-bill-doctor-shortage
Some Canadian doctors are also turning down opportunities in the U.S...
