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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. To incentivize donations to these hospitals, the bill suggests creating a tax credit for individuals and entities to offset their state income tax liability.

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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

Context: Family physician (FP) scope of practice (SOP) has declined, with fewer physicians providing basic primary care services and fewer bridging the clinic-hospital divide. Individual items within the scaled score were also examined. Yet, graduating residents intend broad SOP. The average practicing SOP score was 16.0.

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MN Legislative Session 2025: MAFP Priorities in Senate Omnibus Bill

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

As we move into the eleventh week of the legislative session, Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) lobbyist Megan Verdeja breaks down what’s happening at the Minnesota State Capitol, provides an update on health care bills and shares what to expect next in the legislative session. Mandating insurance coverage of vasectomies.

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The Positive Impact of Direct Primary Care on Employer Healthcare Spending

Plum Health

Studies conducted by the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and Milliman provide valuable insights into these new models of healthcare delivery and financing. DPC and Subscription-based Primary Care are healthcare delivery models where a provider offers unlimited specified routine healthcare services for a monthly fee. by military.

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MN Legislative Session 2025: Updates on Health Care Bills

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

As we move into the tenth week of the legislative session, Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) lobbyist Megan Verdeja breaks down what’s happening at the Minnesota State Capitol and provides an update on health care bills. HOUSE COMMERCE FINANCE AND POLICY COMMITTEE H.F. Read a summary of S.F. Read a summary of S.F.

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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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Key Retirement Investment Options Physicians Should Know

Physician's Weekly

Ken Nuss , founder and CEO of AnnuityAdvantage, emphasizes that Social Security, pensions, annuities, IRAs, and 401(k) plans all provide opportunities for physicians to build reliable income streams that support a worry‑free retirement. Lifetime annuities pool longevity risk, offering what Nuss calls “longevity insurance.”