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Compensation Issues

The national estimated annual wage average for physician assistants is $94,350, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' May 2013 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates report.

The national estimated annual wage average for nurse practitioners is $95,070, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' May 2013 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates report.

The national estimated annual wage average for registered nurses is $68,910, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' May 2013 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates report.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's limits on the tax deductibility of health insurance company executive pay saved taxpayers more than $70 million last year, according to a report from the Institute for Policy Studies, a multi-issue think tank.

The national estimated annual wage average for physicians and surgeons is $191,880, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' May 2013 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates report.

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 The national estimated wage average for physician assistants is $94,350, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' May 2013 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates report.

 The national estimated wage average for nurse practitioners is $95,070, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' May 2013 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates report.

 The national estimated wage average for registered nurses is $68,910, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' May 2013 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates report.

Here are the top seven states with the highest average annual estimated wages for physicians and surgeons, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' May 2013 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates report.

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