The University of Texas Medical Branch Dermatology Interest Group (UTMB DIG) is a resource for medical students interested in Dermatology as well as for dermatologists and residents.
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Current Editors: Jane Onyemachi and Madelyn Schmidt
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Yale Dermatology Professor Predicts Major Changes in Medical Practice
Dr. David Leffell, in a Wall Street Journal Opinion column on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 (“The Doctor’s Office As Union Shop,”, page A11), highlights the potential acceleration of our national trend for physicians to become employees rather than employers due to implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2014. This transition could result in doctors forming unions with the right to collective bargaining and creates the possibility of future physician strikes, as has been historically seen with other types of unions.