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Psychiatrists push to end noncompete agreements in Minnesota

Some contend the contracts harm patients and worsen the provider shortage, but hospitals say they keep the costs of health care down

A woman sitting on a couch.
Some health care systems don’t want their providers to change jobs and are trying to stop them by way of noncompete agreements. Erica Burger is a psychiatry resident who turned down two jobs in Duluth because of noncompete agreements.
Christine T. Nguyen | MPR News