Staff burnout and demographic changes threaten a permanent contraction in the European health workforce, with the sector’s leaders warning they may never restore the capacity to treat patients to pre-pandemic levels. Across the continent, clinicians are confronting a damaging mismatch between demand and resources, with public spending cuts forcing them to consider […]
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How one Ohio city is tackling the ‘uniquely American problem’ of medical debt
As lawmakers were being elected and constituents were voting on key ballot measures this month, one Ohio city council passed a measure with the potential to make an enormous financial impact on its community: buying out and relieving the medical debt of its residents. The Toledo City Council voted 7-5 in early November to use […]