Doctors Unionize as Healthcare Services Are Consolidated into Corporate Systems: PBS [View all]

- PBS News Hour, Jan. 1, 2024.

As recently as the early 80s, about three of every four doctors in the U.S. worked for themselves, owning small clinics.

Today, some 75% of physicians are employees of hospital systems or large corporate entities. Some worry the trend is leading to diminished quality of care and is one reason doctors at a large Midwestern health provider decided to unionize. - Fred de Sam Lazaro reports.