Looking for the Land of Smiling Physicians? Our “traffic light guide” to state-level data on conditions affecting physician’ wallets should help. For each state, we present numbers on cost of living, Medicare pay, taxes, malpractice premiums, and more — each color-coded traffic-light style. Lots of green boxes means go. Lots of red — put the brakes on that move.

This article originally appeared in the September 2010 issue of Physicians Practice.