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AAFP Represents Members During 2025 Legislative Session

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

What Happened: The Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education did not meet to discuss the bill. HB 477 – ALFA Health Plan Bill What’s in the Bill: House Bill 477 would allow the Alabama Farmers Federation (ALFA) to offer health benefit plans exclusively to its members outside of state insurance regulations.

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Practice organization characteristics are more impactful than intentions in practice scope of early-career family physicians [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Understanding the evolution of physician's practice patterns across a career-span is crucial for workforce projections, policy planning, and shaping medical education. Our findings suggest the need for policymakers and insurers to facilitate mechanisms to support broad SOP to meet patient needs.

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MN Legislative Session 2025: Key Health Policy Updates

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

Mid-Year Formulary Changes (HF 1652/SF 1806): Seeks to prohibit health insurers from making mid-year changes to their drug formularies, ensuring stable access to prescribed medications for patients. HF 981 : Opioid prevention and education funding provided, and money appropriated (author: Rep. Read the bill summary for HF 981.

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How Doctors Should Address Lifestyle Creep

The Motivated MD

Though I adhere to commonly agreed upon personal finance advice such as living ‘like a resident’ and well below your means, if you are overly frugal, you will deprive yourself of the enjoyment that is deserved when your income grows. Allowing ourselves to spend our hard-earned money is critical to finding happiness in our careers.

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MN Legislative Session 2025: Updates on Health Care Bills

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

Committees reviewed a range of legislation, including efforts to address workforce shortages, expand insurance coverage and improve school health services. HOUSE COMMERCE FINANCE AND POLICY COMMITTEE H.F. 2403 ( Representative O’Driscoll ): On Wednesday, March 19, 2025, the House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee heard H.F.

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Should Recent Weather Events Impact Your Emergency Fund?

The Motivated MD

However, this is a personal finance blog, and for me, it goes beyond that. Helene highlighted that even wealthy communities and well-financed and well-educated populations can be caught off guard and devastated. So, I started listening to podcasts and videos about filing flood insurance and homeowners insurance claims.

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Choosing to Rent or Buy a Home in 2025

The Motivated MD

This marks the 10th chapter of our Doctor Money finance series, which I hope to complete and formally turn into a publishable book or e-book in the not-too-distant future. For example, any repairs that come up are your responsibility if your homeowner insurance doesn’t cover them. Stay tuned!

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