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TL/DR - Private equity firms have significantly increased their acquisition of physician practices, hospitals, laboratories, and nursing homes, spending hundreds of billions of dollars. Such acquisitions often lead to more aggressive billing, stricter requirements for patient tests, reduced access, increased costs, and can even threaten patient…

TL/DR - Anne Dahlman, with 27 years of experience in higher education as a teacher, faculty scholar, and administrator, will become Northern Michigan University’s next provost and vice president for Academic Affairs from April 1. Dahlman most recently served as interim associate provost at Minnesota State University Mankato, holding various…

TL/DR - The US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen anticipates robust economic growth in 2023, despite predictions otherwise, expecting new business startups to continue at record pace, unemployment rates to fall below 4%, and improvements in middle-income households' wealth and purchasing power. Four economic measures - the American Rescue Plan, the…

The Best & Worst States to Raise a Family in 2024, according to WalletHub Recently, WalletHub published its 2024 list of the best and worst states to raise a family in the U.S. The ranking , which can be viewed here, is based on 50 key indicators of family-friendliness. These include factors like the median annual family income and housing…