Laura Joszt

Typically primary care physicians aren't the best paid causing many medical students to avoid the career. However, things might be turning around for PCPs, according to a survey about 2013 compensation expectations.

Over the last 15 years physicians salaries grew very little and much less than other health care professionals (particularly pharmacists).

The latest talks about a fiscal cliff plan include cuts to entitlement programs - mainly Medicare - of at least $400 billion. Right now Democrats are very resistant to those cuts, although it seems inevitable, according to reports.

With pharmaceutical companies worrying about drug spending cuts they've increased the prices of branded drugs by 13%, far outpacing the 2% increase in inflation.

During 2011 physicians reported that they experienced a slightly longer work week while compensation was mostly flat or slightly down. More worryingly, the vast majority have poor outlooks for their practices over the next three years.

Foreclosures may be down over a year ago, but new filings were up 3% last month. And even though New York, New Jersey and Connecticut reported the largest annual increases, they didn't even make the top 10 for state foreclosure rates.

The stress of being a physician is taking its toll, with the suicide rate for physicians higher than the general public, according to a new study of data. Suicide victims who were physicians were three times more likely to have had a job problem.

The effect of the fiscal cliff won't just hit individuals, it will affect states as well since almost all states have tax codes linked to the federal code.

People love new technology, even if they don't always want to spend money on it themselves. However, this upcoming weekend is the open of holiday shopping. Here are the top tech gifts.

Compared to a year ago, Americans are more in favor of tax increases to help reduce the federal budget deficit and avoid the fiscal cliff. However, they mostly support a balanced method of tax increases and spending cuts.

Practice executives' satisfaction with seven major health plans has mostly increased; however, payers aren't offering many innovative payment models - such as accountable care and payment bundling - that are favorable for the practices.

Almost all oncologists reported experiencing cancer drug shortages over the last year, noting that shortages have been increasing, unfortunately. These drug shortages have caused the financial burdens on practices and patients to increase severely.

Not enough financial discussions are taking place between adult children and their parents leading to major misunderstandings about the older generation's retirement security and estate plans.

Hospitals aren't doing as well as they think when it comes to physician satisfaction and experience with key cultural attributes at work.

As more and more physicians make the leap from employer to employee, there are certain conflicts of interest that may arise. The AMA has released a new guideline of physician employment principles covering six potentially problematic areas.

These seven events are not as high profile as the U.S. fiscal cliff and the European debt crisis, but they can just as easily blow apart your portfolio in 2013.

No matter where you live, you have a certain amount of pride for the city you know and love. The number one city in the U.S. held onto the top spot for the second year in a row. Did your city make the top 10?

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that keeping Medicare physician payment rates at their current level would increase the national deficit by $10 billion in 2013 alone.

With roughly seven weeks left in 2012, it might not even be possible for Congress to come together and agree on some compromises to prevent the impending fiscal cliff, according to experts.

Younger, less experienced doctors are costlier for the health care industry, and they might find themselves in trouble as health plans and Medicare now use cost profiles to identify which physicians account for more health care spending.

There has been plenty of talk about the "fiscal cliff," but that, unfortunately, isn't the only "cliff" threatening the U.S. economy. Here are three more that might push our economy back into another recession.

The stock market may have no loyalty to either Republicans or Democrats, performing mostly the same no matter which party is in the White House, but the Dow is tanking the day after President Barack Obama was re-elected. However, the poor performance has more to do with timing than Obama.

After enduring months of campaigns and political rhetoric, Americans voted on Tuesday to re-elect Barack Obama as president of the United States, guaranteeing that Obamacare would live on.

Americans are facing a major decline in financial difficulties and an increase in consumer sentiment, according to an index. Financial troubles are at the lowest they've been in years.

With rules in place for how many hours residents can work, orthopedic residents reported being less tired, but also less prepared for their jobs, according to a survey.

Fed up with reimbursement issues, the American Hospital Association is suing the federal government. AHA is joined in its lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for denying Medicare payments by hospitals systems in three states.

A lot of attention has been paid to the expiring Bush tax cuts and the new 3.8% Medicare surtax, leaving some other taxes to fly under the radar. In fact there are some pretty common taxes that you probably don't even realize you pay.

Babies born in 2012 can cost their parents up to $369,000 by the time those babies finally turn 18 years old. Maybe that's why less and less Americans are having children. Here are the 10 most expensive states (the Northeast is represented often).

While not a solution for the looming physician shortage in the United States, IBM's super smart computer, Watson, is going to medical school.

The presidential race is tight between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, but whoever wins the election might wish he hadn't. There is a number looming economic issues that will greatly trouble the next president.