Category Archives: In the News

Forget the Flowers . . . . . . Where Have All the Doctor’s Gone?

If you’ve tried to make an appointment with a primary care doctor recently, the challenge will make you understand why I was leaning on the two young women I was working with at the Moss Clinic. Why I was trying to persuade them to be primary care doctors themselves.  One a foreign medical graduate from…
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Are Non-profit Hospitals Fulfilling Their Charitable Obligation?

The recent Fredericksburg Planning commission hearing about Mary Washington Healthcare’s application for approval of a $10 million building project got me thinking about the expenditures of nonprofit hospitals, and do they give a fair shake in fulfilling their charitable obligation? The medical literature is suggesting that tax exemption for non-profit hospitals should be reformed.  How…
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