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The unprecedented surge in shares and home values during an economic crisis is easing the retirement path for those who have savings and investments.

More Americans are considering retirement because of COVID BLOOMBERG Print After a year of early morning Zoom calls, the specter of a deadly virus and soaring stock and real estate values, working American baby boomers who can afford it plan to get out while the getting's good. About 2.7 million Americans age 55 or older are contemplating retirement years earlier than they'd imagined because of the pandemic, government data show. They're more likely to be White, a group that typically has a larger amount of accumulated wealth, and many cite robust retirement accounts and COVID-19 fatigue for ...

Can independent primary care doctors survive dominance of hospital health systems? Cloe Poisson :: C-HIT.ORG Dr. Khuram Ghumman asks patient Tully Zorick, 5, to hop on one foot during a check up at East Granby Family Practice, LLC where he is in private practice. Dr. Ghumman takes care of the entire Zorick family. Every day, Dr. Leslie Miller of Fairfield thinks about selling her practice to a hospital health system. “Everybody who is in this environment thinks every day of throwing in the towel and joining a hospital,” said Miller, a sole practitioner in primary care for 20 years. “The...

Sponsored Story By StoryStudio April 1, 2021 4:35 pm (BPT) – In the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic, many areas of the country banned nonessential medical procedures in an effort to slow the spread of the disease. As a result, many physicians saw fewer patients for routine medical care, such as physical exams and screenings. A recent survey by The Physicians Foundation polled 3,513 physicians and found 41% saw volume decreases of 26% or more in their practices. The impact on cancer screenings was even more profound. For example, screenings for prostate cancer — one of the most comm...

CT hospital systems increasingly buying private medical practices Peggy McCarthy, Conn. Health I-Team WriterConn. Health I-Team Writer April 7, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Dr. Khuram Ghumman directs patient Carlos Padilla where to look as he checks his eyes during an annual physical at East Granby Family Practice, LLC where he is in private practice.Conn. Health I-Team / Cloe PoissonShow MoreShow Less 2of6 Primary care practitioners in hospital systems’ practices of 30 or more doctors increased from 1,100 in 2016 to 1,441 in 2019 - a 31 percent rise, according to data from the state Off...