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Health Care Just Became the U.S.'s Largest Employer

This moment was inevitable. It just wasn’t supposed to happen so soon.

Due to the inexorable aging of the country—and equally unstoppable growth in medical spending—it was long obvious that health-care jobs would slowly take up more and more of the economy. But in the last quarter, for the first time in history, health care has surpassed manufacturing and retail, the most significant job engines of the 20th century, to become the largest source of jobs in the U.S.

In 2000, there were 7 million more workers in manufacturing than in health care. At the beginning of the Great Recession, there were 2.4 million more workers in retail than health care. In 2017, health care surpassed…

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 Health Care Just Became the U.S.'s Largest Employer

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Blog offers daily commentary on important issues in health policy. Hosted by the leading health policy journal, Health Affairs, the Blog provides a forum for the journal and its readers to quickly address new policy developments.The Blog features posts from noted health policy experts on both sides of the political aisle as well as regular Health Affairs contributors and staff.

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Gary Schwitzer is publisher of the website HealthNewsReview.org, leading a team of more than two dozen people who grade daily health news reporting by major U.S. news organizations. In its first year, the project was honored with several journalism industry awards — the Mirror Award, honoring those who “hold a mirror to their own industry for the public’s benefit,” and the Knight-Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism. His blog — which is embedded within HealthNewsReview.org — was voted 2009 Best Medical Blog in competition hosted by Medgadget.com.

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Our team of award-winning journalists deliver daily news, analysis, online and face to face events, podcasts and video coverage of the issues and stories impacting decision makers in the industry. Outsourcing-Pharma provides a 360-degree view of the pharmaceutical contract services market, spanning everything from preclinical, bulk ingredients, to drug delivery and formulation, contract sales, fill & finish, phase I-II, supply chain, analytical testing, regulatory affairs and data management.

Pharmalive,com

We continue our tradition of disseminating original, thought-provoking content with the intent of providing the busy pharmaceutical executive with insight into industry trends that will affect their business, as well as the industry in its entirety.

California Life Sciences Association

California Life Sciences Association (CLSA) is the state’s largest and most influential life sciences advocacy and business leadership organization.

Cardiovascular Business

CardiovascularBusiness.com is a leading destination website for chiefs and directors of cardiology, cardiologists, C-suite technology executives and administrative department heads seeking the most in-depth business perspective on cardiovascular trends and technology. CardiovascularBusiness.com is the host of our weekly enewsletter, bi-monthly magazine, targeted news portals and annual technology guide.

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Website dedicated to providing medically reviewed information about prescription drugs, health conditions, nutrition, supplements and more.

Food and Drug Law Journal

For more than 60 years, this award-winning journal has offered readers scholarly, in-depth, analytical articles, providing insight into the actions of FDA, FTC, and USDA, how the courts interpret these actions, and the reaction of industry. Articles published in the Food and Drug Law Journal are heavily cited and reviewed by your peers. The Food and Drug Law Journal is published four times per year.

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN), the only high-frequency publication dedicated to biotech news, from bench to business, was introduced in 1981 as the first biotechnology trade publication.

Health Biz Decoded

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Health Industry Distributors Association

The Health Industry Distributors Association (HIDA) is the international trade association representing medical products distributors.

Health Industry Representatives Association

The Health Industry Representatives Association focuses on promoting the manufacturers' rep function within the health care industry.

Healthcare Design

Healthcare Design serves an audience of architects, interior designers, hospital administrators, facility managers, engineers, and key members of the construction community as the premier source of insight, information, and inspiration for planning, designing, and constructing new or renovated healthcare facilities.

InternetMedicine.com

To help health care workers and patients understand about the effects of the internet on the practice of Medicine and Healthcare in the world, and to update new developments that are constantly occurring in this field of Internet Medicine.

mdiConsultants

mdi Consultants, Inc. is a leader in providing consulting services to the healthcare industry worldwide.

The Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network

News, information and networking for medical sales and marketing professionals.

Forbes

We are committed to the ideals of creating business opportunities while promoting free trade and global understanding for today's leaders as well as those of tomorrow.

How U.S. Health Care Became Big Business

Health care is a trillion-dollar industry in America, but are we getting what we pay for? Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, a medical journalist who formerly worked as a medical doctor, warns that the existing system too often focuses on financial incentives over health or science.

ResearchAndMarkets

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The Street

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Latest news on healthcare reform and the business of medicine from the Wall Street Journal.

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