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[**Repealing the Ban on Physician-Owned Hospitals Could Restore Competition in American Healthcare**](/content/learn/opinions/repealing-the-ban-on-physician-owned-hospitals-could-restore-competition-in-american-healthcare/index.html)

One of the most consequential healthcare policy mistakes of the last 15 years was the ban on new or expanded physician-owned hospitals.

Adam J. Bruggeman, MD, MHA, FAAOS, FAOA

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One of the most consequential healthcare policy mistakes of the last 15 years was the ban on new or expanded physician-owned hospitals.

Adam J. Bruggeman, MD, MHA, FAAOS, FAOA

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[**Physician Voice: A Critical Ingredient in Healthcare’s Next Era**](/content/learn/opinions/physician-voice-a-critical-ingredient-in-healthcare-s-next-era/index.html)

"The organizations best positioned for the future will be those that meaningfully integrate physician expertise into decisions that affect outcomes, experience, and access."

Mark LePage, MD

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[**The Diseases Killing Our Hospitals: Reflections on a Crisis of Meaning in Medicine**](/content/learn/opinions/the-diseases-killing-our-hospitals-reflections-on-a-crisis-of-meaning-in-medicine/index.html)

"I was born in a hospital that was killed. Cause of death: private equity."

Christie Mulholland, MD

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[**Using the Arts to Heal the Healers: A Narrative Medicine Approach to Self-Care for Clinicians**](/content/learn/opinions/using-the-arts-to-heal-the-healers-a-narrative-medicine-approach-to-self-care-for-clinicians/index.html)

I wasn’t even sure I wanted to be a doctor anymore! Here's how I reclaimed my joy for medicine.

Sophie Peterson, MD

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One of the most consequential healthcare policy mistakes of the last 15 years was the ban on new or expanded physician-owned hospitals.

Adam J. Bruggeman, MD, MHA, FAAOS, FAOA

[Opinions](/content/learn/opinions/index.html)

Mark LePage, MD

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"I was born in a hospital that was killed. Cause of death: private equity."

Christie Mulholland, MD

[Opinions](/content/learn/opinions/index.html)

I wasn’t even sure I wanted to be a doctor anymore! Here's how I reclaimed my joy for medicine.

Sophie Peterson, MD

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[**Offcall Physician Spotlight: Meet Dr. John Dayton**](/content/learn/opinions/offcall-physician-spotlight-meet-dr-john-dayton/index.html)

Meet the Stanford assistant professor, Intermountain physician, & healthcare VC who is on the cutting edge of medical innovation!

Offcall Team

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[**Why Guaranteed Standard Issue (GSI) Disability Insurance Should Belong Within Graduate Medical Education’s Wellness Initiative**](/content/learn/opinions/why-guaranteed-standard-issue-gsi-disability-insurance-should-belong-within-graduate-medical/index.html)

For medical residents and fellows, Guaranteed Standard Issue (GSI) disability insurance should be considered as part of a broader wellness framework.

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Lawrence B. Keller

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[**The Physicians Who Can Walk Away Are the Ones Who'll Save Medicine. Here's How to Become One of Them.**](/content/learn/opinions/the-physicians-who-can-walk-away-are-the-ones-who-ll-save-medicine-here-s-how-to-become-one-of/index.html)

I didn't plan to resign from my academic position. But that experience taught me something surprising.

Christie Mulholland, MD

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[**The AI Health Revolution: How Consumers Will Take Control in the Next Two Years**](/content/learn/opinions/the-ai-health-revolution-how-consumers-will-take-control-in-the-next-two-years/index.html)

By 2027, we'll see consumers using AI more frequently and in more ways regarding their health. They'll catch issues early, leading to better lives with less suffering.

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Earl J. Campazzi, MD

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[**Inside the Bullying Pandemic in Medicine: What Physicians Learned When We Finally Spoke Openly**](/content/learn/opinions/inside-the-bullying-pandemic-in-medicine-what-physicians-learned-when-we-finally-spoke-openly/index.html)

There's a pandemic spreading through medicine that few are willing to acknowledge.

Sarah Nasir, DO

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[**Why Direct Primary Care is the Right Beachhead for Healthcare AI**](/content/learn/opinions/why-direct-primary-care-is-the-right-beachhead-for-healthcare-ai/index.html)

Here's why independent medicine is precisely where clinical AI needs to prove itself first.

Bhaven Murji, MD, MSci

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[**My Dismal Residency Salary Caused Me to Quit Training — And Start My Own Independent Practice!**](/content/learn/opinions/my-dismal-residency-salary-caused-me-to-quit-training-and-start-my-own-independent-practice/index.html)

After living in New York City and getting taken advantage of as a resident, I knew it was time to halt my training and start my own independent practice.

Nidhi Chillara, MD

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[**I Learned I Was Making $10,000 Less Than My White Physician Colleague — Here's How I Negotiated a Raise on the Spot!**](/content/learn/opinions/i-learned-i-was-making-usd10-000-less-than-my-white-physician-colleague-here-s-how-i-negotiated/index.html)

She asked me how much I make. I was shocked. I thought we weren’t supposed to talk about that.

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Pamela Buchanan, MD

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[**How Doctors Get Recruited and Search for Jobs Is Broken – Here’s How We Fix It**](/content/learn/opinions/how-doctors-get-recruited-and-search-for-jobs-is-broken-here-s-how-we-fix-it/index.html)

The way doctors search for work is broken. I know from experience.

Aleem Zafar, MD

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[**Dear Burned Out Healthcare Workers: Don't Leave!**](/content/learn/opinions/dear-burned-out-healthcare-workers-don-t-leave/index.html)

We can’t afford to keep losing good people.

Dr. Rachel Johns

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[**The Silent Epidemic Robbing Medical Residents of Disability Protection**](/content/learn/opinions/the-silent-epidemic-robbing-medical-residents-of-disability-protection/index.html)

Across residency and fellowship programs nationwide, a silent epidemic is quietly stripping young physicians of their most important safety net: Guaranteed Standard Issue (GSI) disability insurance.

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Lawrence B. Keller

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[**From Burnout to Building Something New: My Journey to Becoming a Physician Entrepreneur**](/content/learn/opinions/from-burnout-to-building-something-new-my-journey-to-becoming-a-physician-entrepreneur/index.html)

After burning out of academic emergency medicine, I found my passion again — by becoming a physician entrepreneur.

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Joshua Guttman

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[**From Calling to Career: Why Setting Boundaries Is Essential for Physician Sustainability**](/content/learn/opinions/from-calling-to-career-why-setting-boundaries-is-essential-for-physician-sustainability/index.html)

It's time for medicine to confront an uncomfortable truth.

Garrett J. Terracciano, MD

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[**Medical School Debt: A Looming Crisis for Diversity, Wellness, and Patient Care**](/content/learn/opinions/medical-school-debt-a-looming-crisis-for-diversity-wellness-and-patient-care/index.html)

The student loan alterations in the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" are a direct assault on the pipeline of future physicians.

Nicholas Melucci, DO, MPH

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[**Clinician Burnout: Why it’s Medicine’s Favorite Misdiagnosis**](/content/learn/opinions/clinician-burnout-why-it-s-medicine-s-favorite-misdiagnosis/index.html)

We need an honest dialogue about what we mistakenly call burnout.

Jessica de Jarnette

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[**The Doctor's Dilemma: When Smart Money Leaves Medicine**](/content/learn/opinions/the-doctor-s-dilemma-when-smart-money-leaves-medicine/index.html)

The market is speaking, and here's what it's saying.

Dr. Taif J. Mukhdomi

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