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A North Carolina surgeon is among a dwindling number of independent physicians in the United States, where doctors are selling their practices to behemoth hospital systems or leaving the profession altogether.
The infusion of public money allowed big healthcare systems to post bigger profits, but some experts say not enough of that money made it to struggling independent practitioners.
Independent medical practices keep closing as doctors join behemoth hospital groups or leave the field. Research suggests that's bad news for patients.
Last week, the administrator of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Seema Verma, spoke at The Heritage Foundation on the effect “Medicare for All” would have on American health care Verma said many of current problems in the American health care system would only be exacerbated under Medicare for All, including access issues, payment inflexibility, and prohibitive regulation, all of which are great concerns for policymakers. But one thing she said should be immediately alarming to everyone: Physician suicide has become the highest of any profession.