Doctors don't work for you anymore. They work for big business

Doctors weeks to be friendly and helpful, taking time to listen to patients' concerns.

Now they seem to be checking off boxes and seeing patients as if on an assembly line.

Corporations are buying up hospital systems, nursing homes, physician practices, and pharmacies.

Almost three-quarters of American doctors are employed by hospitals or other corporate entities.

Almost 70% of doctors in the U.S. work for corporations and hospitals.

Doctors are increasingly tur the last several decades ining as the best way of protecting themselves and their patients.

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