This table is from a 2023 study by the American Medical Association which shows the reduction in physician ownership from 2012.  Going back even further, over three-quarters of physicians owned their practices in the 1980s.  This has been the result of policies which deliberately target independent physician practices and promote healthcare consolidation.  The results have not shown worse costs and increasing physician burnout without corresponding improvements in patient care outcomes.  Physicians should advocate for policies which would reverse this trend.