Which states welcome practicing physicians, and which ones fleece them? Check out our simple one-page scorecard for state-based information on Medicare pay, malpractice climate, income tax burdens, and more.
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Check out our chart for hard data on key factors - including pay, cost-of-living, physicians per capita, the malpractice and physician-discipline climate, and state income taxes - that make a state physician-friendly or hostile.
This article originally appeared in the November 2009 issue of Physicians Practice.
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