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Episode: New data reveals the massive pay gap for women ER doctors
Description: Emergency physician Resa E. Lewiss and health care executive Jake Horowitz discuss their article, "Why women ER doctors earn $21,000 less than men." They reveal staggering new data that shatters the myth that the gender pay gap does not exist in emergency medicine, showing how it persists even after controlling for hours, experience, and patient volume. Resa and Jake explore the hard numbers: women ER physicians earn $21,000 less annually, a salary disparity that widens to over $40,000 late in their careers. This is not about output, it is about systemic inequity in the health care system that contributes directly to physician...