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  "path": "/2026/05/22/marylands-aging-workforce-in-healthcare-presents-challenges-opportunities/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T09:28:11.000Z",
  "site": "https://marylandmatters.org",
  "tags": [
    "Health",
    "aging physicians",
    "Comptroller Brooke Lierman",
    "healthcare shortage",
    "healthcare workers",
    "Maryland Industry Analysis: Healthcare and the Economy",
    "Meena Seshamani",
    "nursing shortage",
    "UMMS",
    "University of Maryland Medical System"
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  "textContent": "Older workers are a “defining feature” of Maryland healthcare, which has the nation's second-oldest nurses and fourth-oldest physicians. While that brings benefits, it also poses a challenge as looming retirements could worsen the current shortage of workers.",
  "title": "Maryland’s ‘aging workforce’ in healthcare presents challenges, opportunities"
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