Category Archives: Medical care in the US

How are women’s physicians faring in anti-abortion states?

Posted on July 20, 2024 by Naomi

We know about the states, the laws and the women who have been victimized by them since Dobbs. So what’s happening with women’s physicians in these states? From Harper’s August 2024 Index: Percentage decrease in OB-GYN residency applicants in the … Continue reading →

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An update on the Arkansas abortion petition

Posted on July 10, 2024 by Naomi

It was turned down by the (GOP) Secretary of State for Arkansas because of…technicalities. And I guess I should remind everybody that Sarah Huckabee Sanders is the governor.

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Serious dearth of doctors projected for the US. But no worries: lots of new MBAs

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Naomi

From Harper’s Index: Percentage increase since 2002 in medical schools offering dual MD/MBA programs: 131 Minimum projected shortage, by 2034, in the number of primary care physicians in the United States: 17,800.

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