A New York City consierge medicine practice charges a $5,000 yearly fee for patients; the practice also charges the patients’ insurance for things like labs, imaging and follow up visits.
At present, conscience clauses protect only those who refuse to provide care, but as limitations on reproductive freedom increase, caregivers may seek that same protection for providing care.
More than 1,000 resident physicians and fellows at the University of Chicago Medical Center voted overwhelmingly to unionize this week, joining a wave of young doctors unionizing across the city and country.