🧠 The Crisis We Can No Longer Ignore Across Virginia—and across the country— patients are waiting months  to see neurologists and other specialists. In Hampton Roads, I saw this crisis up close. I watched as non-compete clauses —the very contracts meant to protect corporate interests—ended up blocking patients from care. When I tried to return to serve my community, I was told I couldn’t. Not because there wasn’t a need. Not because I wasn’t qualified. But because a hospital